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. 2013 Aug 2;62(30):613-4.

Notes from the field: use of electronic messaging and the news media to increase case finding during a Cyclospora outbreak - Iowa, July 2013

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Notes from the field: use of electronic messaging and the news media to increase case finding during a Cyclospora outbreak - Iowa, July 2013

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

Abstract

On Friday, June 28, 2013, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) routinely reported two cases of cyclosporiasis in its weekly electronic newsletter, the EPI Update. The newsletter's primary audience consists of Iowa's public health officials and health-care providers, but readers also include members of the news media.

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Number of confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis (N = 135), by dates of symptom onset and collection of laboratory specimen, and dates of electronic health alerts — Iowa, June 4–July 25, 2013 * Illness onset date was not available for 11 confirmed cases. † Iowa EPI Update. § Iowa EPI Update Alert. Iowa Health Alert Network alert. ** CDC Epidemic Information Exchange alert.
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