1717Eagle County and Flu Near You: An Innovative Partnership to Implement a Participatory Epidemiology Tool to Enhance Infectious Disease Preparedness Prior to a Mass Gathering Event
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Implement a Participatory Epidemiology Tool to Enhance Infectious Disease Preparedness Prior to a Mass Gathering Event Heather Gilmartin, PhD, FNP, CIC; Rebecca Larson, MPH; Adam Crawley, MPH; Oktawia Wojcik, PhD; Disease Control and Prevention, Eagle County Public Health, Eagle, CO; Pandemics, Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA; Informatics, Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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