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. 2014 Feb 14;63(6):121–126.

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Unexplained deaths or critical Illnesses* — UNEX surveillance system, Minnesota, 1995–2005

Abbreviations: UNEX = Surveillance of Probable Infectious Etiology for Unexplained Death; GI = gastrointestinal.

* In Minnesota, in addition to deaths, cases of unexplained critical illness also are included in the UNEX surveillance system. Cases in Minnesota include deaths or critical illnesses unexplained by routine testing that have premortem or postmortem findings suggestive of infectious etiology such as fever, leukocytosis, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, or histopathologic evidence of an infection.