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. 2009 May-Jun;124(3):364-71.
doi: 10.1177/003335490912400304.

Emerging disease syndromic surveillance for Hurricane Katrina evacuees seeking shelter in Houston's Astrodome and Reliant Park Complex

Kristy O Murray  1 , Cindy Kilborn, Mary DesVignes-Kendrick, Erin Koers, Valda Page, Beatrice J Selwyn, Umair A Shah, Herminia Palacio
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Emerging disease syndromic surveillance for Hurricane Katrina evacuees seeking shelter in Houston's Astrodome and Reliant Park Complex

Kristy O Murray et al. Public Health Rep. 2009 May-Jun.

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.

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Figure 2
Total number of evacuee interviews and those reporting symptoms in relation to the total number of occupied cots at the Astrodome and Reliant Park megashelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees
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Figure 3
Symptom monitoring during shelter operations in the Astrodome and Reliant Park megashelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees: prevalence of cough and runny nose
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Figure 4
Symptom monitoring during shelter operations in the Astrodome and Reliant Park megashelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees: prevalence of diarrhea and vomiting
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Figure 5
Symptom monitoring during shelter operations in the Astrodome and Reliant Park megashelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees: prevalence of sore throat and fever
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