Enhanced syndromic surveillance during the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games, 2015
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Introduction The 9th IOIG took place in Reunion Island from July 31 to August 9, 2015. This sport event gathered approximatively 1 640 athletes, 2 000 volunteers and several thousand spectators from seven islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Seychelles and Reunion. In response to the import risk of infectious diseases from these countries where some of them are endemics, the syndromic surveillance system, which captures 100% of all Emergency Department visits, was enhanced in order to detect any health event.
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دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017