About the Authors
- Donald R Olson
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (DRO); burchheff@gmail.com (RTH)
Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Richard T Heffernan
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (DRO); burchheff@gmail.com (RTH)
Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Marc Paladini
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Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Kevin Konty
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Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Don Weiss
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Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Farzad Mostashari
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Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
DRO, RTH, and FM conceived of the study. DRO, RTH, DW, and FM designed the study. DRO, KK, and FM analyzed the data. All authors contributed to writing the paper. DRO, RTH, MP, and KK collected data or performed experiments for this study. DRO, RTH, MP, and KK participated in the rotation of analysts who clean, analyze, and report data daily. RTH oversaw the syndromic surveillance unit that collected the data.