Syndromic Surveillance during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak, New York, New York, USA
We compared emergency department and ambulatory care syndromic surveillance systems during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in New York City. Emergency departments likely experienced increases in influenza-like-illness significantly earlier than ambulatory care facilities because more patients soug...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/10-1357_article |
| Summary: | We compared emergency department and ambulatory care syndromic surveillance systems during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in New York City. Emergency departments likely experienced increases in influenza-like-illness significantly earlier than ambulatory care facilities because more patients sought care at emergency departments, differences in case definitions existed, or a combination thereof. |
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| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |