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Detection of Enteric Disease Epidemics Using a Diarrhea-specific Category
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The Utah Department of Health documented a single epidemic of cryptosporidiosis in Utah during 2007. Seven hundred eleven laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Salt Lake County, Utah from July 27 through December 18. Illness onset date was… read more… Of 381 patients with data available on symptoms, nearly all (99%, 378) reported diarrhea. Other commonly reported … Of 381 patients with data available on symptoms, nearly all (99%, 378) reported diarrhea. Other commonly re- ported … Syndromic surveillance methods in use in Utah in 2007 did not detect this outbreak. These methods included … -
Pilot Evaluation of Syndrome-specific School Absenteeism Data for Public Health Surveillance
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School absenteeism data could be used as an early indicator for disease outbreaks. The increase in absences, however, may be driven by non-sickness related factors. Reason for absence combined with syndrome-specific information… read more… for 38% of the sick absences, followed by unknown (26%), GI (18%), respiratory (16%), and rash (0.6%). There …