Emerging Disease Syndromic Surveillance for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Seeking Shelter in Houston's Astrodome and Reliant Park Complex

Transmission of infectious diseases became an immediate public health concern when approximately 27,000 New Orleans-area residents evacuated to Houston's Astrodome and Reliant Park Complex following Hurricane Katrina. This article presents a surveillance system that was rapidly developed and im...

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Published in:	Public health reports (1974) Vol. 124; no. 3; pp. 364 - 371
Main Authors:	Murray, Kristy O., Kilborn, Cindy, desVignes-Kendrick, Mary, Koers, Erin, Page, Valda, Selwyn, Beatrice J., Shah, Umair A., Palacio, Herminia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA Association of Schools of Public Health 01-05-2009 SAGE Publications SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Communicable diseases Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Cots Cyclonic Storms Diarrhea Disasters Disease Outbreaks Disease transmission Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Houston, Texas Humans Hurricanes Infant Infectious diseases Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous New Orleans Norovirus Population Surveillance PRACTICE Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Refugees Safety Management Surveillance Surveillance of citizens Syndrome Texas - epidemiology Vomiting Gulf of Mexico New Orleans Texas Houston Texas Shelter Surveillance Emerging disease Public health Complexity
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