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West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Syndromic Surveillance for Mass Gatherings
Content Type: Success Stories
Mass gatherings—defined as events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host state—pose unique surveillance challenges. Attendees can be at greater (or high) risk for injuries due to… read more… care facility. An off-site surveillance team used NSSP–ESSENCE* to provide daily situational awareness reports to … discharged, and expired). Enhanced surveillance using ESSENCE enabled public health officials to conduct near …