Using the internet to trace contacts of a fatal meningococcemia case-New York City, 2010

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-381

  Gounder, Prabhu ^a,c   Del Rosso, Paula ^c   Adelson, Stephan ^d   Rivera, Caroline ^e   Middleton, Kathy ^b,e   Weiss, Don ^c  

^a EIS Field Assignments Branch   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Adelson Consulting Inc   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

communicable diseases; contact tracing; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84861818250     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31823e9569     Document Type: Article

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