Volume 16, Number 4—April 2010
Dispatch
Innovative Uses for Syndromic Surveillance
Erin K. O’Connell
, Guoyan Zhang, Fermin Leguen, Anthoni Llau, and Edhelene Rico
, Guoyan Zhang, Fermin Leguen, Anthoni Llau, and Edhelene Rico
Table 2
Disease/conditions found in the chief complaint field from specialized query, Miami–Dade County, Florida, USA, March–December 2008
| Disease/condition | No. (%) cases |
|---|---|
| Food poisoning | 262 (24.9) |
| Postexposure prophylaxis for rabies | 251 (23.9) |
| Meningitis | 224 (21.3) |
| Hepatitis | 162 (15.4) |
| Chicken pox | 80 (7.6) |
| Carbon monoxide poisoning | 31 (3.0) |
| Salmonellosis | 13 (1.2) |
| Malaria | 9 (0.9) |
| Pertussis | 8 (0.8) |
| Mumps | 5 (0.5) |
| Other* |
5 (0.5) |
| Total | 1,052 (100) |
*Ciguatera, anthrax, dengue fever, measles.
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