Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses
Hajjeh RA, Relman D, Cieslak PR, Sofair AN, Passaro D, Flood J, Johnson J, Hacker JK, Shieh WJ, Hendry RM, Nikkari S, Ladd-Wilson S, Hadler J, Rainbow J, Tappero JW, Woods CW, Conn L, Reagan S, Zaki S, Perkins BA, Deaths F, Group C. Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002, 8: 145-153. PMID: 11897065, PMCID: PMC2732455, DOI: 10.3201/eid0802.010165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical illnessMedian ageInfectious causesUnexplained deathEmerging Infections Program sitesPatients' median ageCommon clinical presentationPopulation-based surveillanceYears of ageClinical presentationEpidemiologic featuresPolymerase chain reaction-based methodSerologic testsHealthy personsDiagnostic capacityReaction-based methodsRoutine testingIllnessDeathCauseAgeSurveillanceProgram sitesSyndromeEtiology