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Use of emergency department data for case finding following a community anthrax exposure
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On 24 December 2009, a female New Hampshire resident was confirmed to have gastrointestinal anthrax on the basis of clinical findings and laboratory testing. Her source of anthrax was not immediately known, so the New Hampshire… read more… of emergency department encounters between 1 October and 26 December was conducted immediately after confirmation of … surveillance for possible cases continued between 26 December and 31 January, 2010. DHHS’s statewide emergency … down a pool of nearly 2,00,000 emergency department visits to 62 possible cases requiring further investigation, …