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Disease surveillance in the ED: Factors leading to the underreporting of gonorrhea☆

Thomas D Kirsch
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  • Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

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  • Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

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  • Address reprint requests to Dr Kirsch, Department of Emergency Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital, 2929 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60616.
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Robert Shesser
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  • the Emergency Department, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC. USA
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90030-4

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        ☆Supported by a grant from George Washington University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine's Research Foundation.

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