Abstract
In an effort to document the occurrence of diarrheal disease more fully and to hasten recognition of a diarrheal disease outbreak in New York City, three special surveillance programs monitor nonspecific indicators of diarrheal disease. Twenty-six months of data from the clinical laboratory surveillance system are summarized to illustrate the type of data generated by these special surveillance programs.
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James R. Miller, Email: mill172w@cdc.gov.
Yves Mikol, Email: ymikol@valgis.dep.nyc.ny.us.
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