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  • Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance and Population-Based Health Monitoring in Los Angeles County

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    The Bioterrorism Surveillance Unit of the Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health, Acute Communicable Disease Control (ACDC) program analyzes Emergency Department (ED) data daily. Currently capturing over 40% of the ED… read more
    … in the LAC metro area obtained from the weather.com website. Regarding surveillance for morbidity related to the … temperature trends (r=0.67, p<0.0001). Sewage Spill There did not appear to be any increasing trend in ear-related, …
  • Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance in Detecting Hepatitis A in Los Angeles County

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    In early 2017, HAV outbreaks were identified in San Diego County (490 cases) and Santa Cruz County (73 cases) in California, affecting primarily the homeless and/or illicit drug users. As of October 10, 2017, LAC had identified 12 outbreak-related… read more
    … 2017, LAC had identified 12 outbreak-related HAV cases. Due to LAC’s proximity to San Diego County, and its own … 2017, LAC had identified 12 outbreak-related HAV cases. Due to LAC’s proximity to San Diego County, and its own …
  • Health Effects of LA county Wildfires in October 2007

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    Determine if poor air quality resulting from wildfires could be measured in the general population by monitoring smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits.
    … 152,028 ED visits, the overall number of daily ED visits did not change significantly during the wildfire period … Hicks L, McClean C, Ginsberg M. MMWR, Supplement, August 26, 2005 / 54(Suppl);190 .Leveraging Syndromic Surveillance …
  • A Comparison of Fever Classified Chief Complaints and Diagnoses with Recorded Body Temperatures

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    The LAC SSS has been in existence since 2004. Currently, the system collects data from over 50 hospitals daily and performs a chief complaint-based syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest due to… read more
    … chief complaint-based syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest due to its inclusion within several syndrome category … chief complaint-based syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to assist in a meningitis outbreak investigation

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    Beginning on March 13, 2011, ACDC experienced an unusual increase in reported bacterial meningitis cases in Los Angeles (LA) County. Early in the investigation, there were few epidemiological links between the cases. Three cases were homeless; two… read more
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