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Using Age & Syndrome to Characterize Epidemic Winter-Seasonal Acute Gastroenteritis
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We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC).… age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … confirmed RV activity and to characterize associated ED visits in NYC. METHODS To estimate incident winter-season … -
Use of Syndromic Surveillance in the Investigation of Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak
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On June 22, 2007 increases in over-the-counter (OTC) electrolyte and child anti-fever medication sales were detected through routine OTC surveillance. Increases in emergency department (ED) data for gastrointestinal (GI) illness among… read more… one borough of NYC, with three EDs having most of the visits. Because NYC has had limited success in detecting … one borough of NYC, with three EDs having most of the visits. Because NYC has had limited success in detecting … from June 20-26. Controls were randomly selected from ED visits categorized as “other” syndrome who presented to the … -
Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza
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Four waves of pandemic influenza from 1918-1920 in New York City caused ~40,000 deaths, primarily of young-adults and children. The explosiveness of the autumn 1918 wave has led many to believe that in the event of a similar… read more… and current estimates of influenza-attributable excess ED visits and deaths in NYC6. From these estimates, we … and extrapolated data, identify the weeks when excess ED visits clearly exceed Serfling model-based thresholds. We … and a conservative assumption of a ~5:1 excess ED visit to death ratio, we estimate that community-wide … -
Estimating Hospital Admissions for Influenza Using Emergency Department (ED) Syndromic Surveillance Data, New York City
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An important goal of influenza surveillance is to provide public health decisionmakers with timely estimates of the severity of community-wide influenza. One potential indicator is the number of influenza hospitalizations. In New… read more… data are received daily for approximately 90% of NYC ED visits, and include patient’s age, gender and chief complaint. ED ILI visits were defined as any visit whose chief complaint indicated fever-flu or …