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Disaster Surveillance Revisited: Passive, Active and Electronic Syndromic Surveillance during Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA - 2005
Content Type: Abstract
Surveillance strategies following major natural disasters have varied widely with respect to methods used to collect and analyze data. Following Hurricane Katrina, public health concerns included infectious disease outbreaks, injuries, mental health… read more… for 16%, injuries (e.g., MVA, trauma, falls) represented 26%, and exacerbation of chronic illness (e.g., asthma, … accounted for the greatest percentage of healthcare visits (33%) by residents and relief workers. No significant …