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Tracking emergency department (ED) patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during a Norovirus epidemic in Miami-Dade
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From January to March 2010, thirteen outbreaks of Norovirus infection were reported to the Epidemiology, Disease Control and Immunization Service (EDC-IS), up from four outbreaks in the entire 2008 and same number during 2009. … read more… ec-09 1-Jan-10 1-F eb-10 1-M ar-10 1-A pr-10 Date P at ie nt s in O ut br ea ks 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 … 3 consecutive days of red flags were posted among the all-age group. The next leg up in the uptrend of the count … than an actual increase in incidence. Rotavirus infection did not appear to make a contribution to the increase in the … -
Using ESSENCE to Track a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in a Homeless Shelter in Miami-Dade County, 2008
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Although Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert regarding an unusual public health event, combining that information with … read more… discovered that on June 16, the residents that became ill did not eat food from the cafeteria but rather from food … period of time, interviews could not be conducted with all of the ill persons. CONCLUSIONS This study verified that … demonstrates how important it is to carefully monitor all clusters and not only those automatically created by the …