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Using Syndromic Data to Investigate Gastrointestinal Illness Associated with Water Quality Complaints in Houston
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In February of 2007, the Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE) received a request from Houston Department of Public Works to investigate a possible rise in gastrointestinal (GI) illness associated with complaints about poor water quality in a… read more… Houston area had generally low levels of illness and did not show any unusual increase during the time period of … -
Geographical Analysis of Heat-Related Illnesses Detected by RODS in Houston, Texas
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Heat surveillance in Houston is currently limited to mortality reports from the medical examiners office. A possible source of heat related morbidity is the Houston Real-time Outbreak Disease Surveillance (RODS) system. The RODS… read more… the phrases, “heat” and “sun”, were searched and included all entries from January 1, 2005 until June 22, 2008. The … were extracted from RODS. This limited number may be due to highly specific terms and the exclusion of non heat- …