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

Published:2009-05 Issue:3 Volume:124 Page:364-371
ISSN:0033-3549
Container-title:Public Health Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Public Health Rep

Author:

Murray Kristy O.¹,Kilborn Cindy²,desVignes-Kendrick Mary¹,Koers Erin¹,Page Valda²,Selwyn Beatrice J.¹,Shah Umair A.²,Palacio Herminia²

Affiliation:

1. Division of Epidemiology & Disease Control, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

2. Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services, Houston, TX

Abstract

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 implemented for daily tracking of various symptoms in the evacuee population in the Astrodome “megashelter.” This system successfully confirmed an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis and became a critical tool in monitoring the course of this outbreak.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003335490912400304

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