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Using ESSENCE to Track a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in a Homeless Shelter in Miami-Dade County, 2008
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Although Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert regarding an unusual public health event, combining that information with … read more… for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert … outbreak. Objective To illustrate how MDCHD utilized ESSENCE in order to track a gastrointestinal outbreak in a … -
Tracking emergency department (ED) patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during a Norovirus epidemic in Miami-Dade
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From January to March 2010, thirteen outbreaks of Norovirus infection were reported to the Epidemiology, Disease Control and Immunization Service (EDC-IS), up from four outbreaks in the entire 2008 and same number during 2009. … read more… EDC-IS at the Miami-Dade County Health Department used ESSENCE to track gastrointestinal symptoms during a … (EDC-IS) at the Miami-Dade County Health Department used ESSENCE to track gastrointestinal symptoms during a …