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Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness and Over the Counter Sales of Flu Remedies in the National Capitol Region, 2003-2007
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The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducts enhanced surveillance using the Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the… read more… The first set of repeated alerts in the ED data for ILI did not occur until Oct 31- Nov 3. Flu OTC data generated … a peak at the week of Mar 11, 2006 while the OTC data did not show a single peak. For the 2006-07 season, the … to ED and lab reports. In the 2005-06 season, OTC data did not show an earlier advantage in detecting flu. While …