1661Travel-Associated Infectious Disease Surveillance Using the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) Database
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Health Information System (PHIS) Database Daniel Olson, MD; Meghan Birkholz, MSPH; James Gaensbauer, MD, MScPH; Edwin J. Asturias, MD; James Todd, MD; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO; Department of Infectious Disease, Children’s Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; University of Colorado, Denver, CO
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