Syndromic surveillance during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, New York, New York, USA

Marlena Gehret Plagianos; Winfred Y Wu; Colleen McCullough; Marc Paladini; Joseph Lurio; Michael D Buck; Neil Calman; Nicholas Soulakis

doi:10.3201/eid1709.101357

Syndromic surveillance during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, New York, New York, USA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;17(9):1724-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1709.101357.

Authors

Marlena Gehret Plagianos¹, Winfred Y Wu, Colleen McCullough, Marc Paladini, Joseph Lurio, Michael D Buck, Neil Calman, Nicholas Soulakis

Affiliation

¹ New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY 11101-4132, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype*
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Influenza, Human / virology
New York City / epidemiology
Pandemics*
Population Surveillance*
Statistics, Nonparametric