title: Notes from the field: use of electronic messaging and the news media to increase case finding during a Cyclospora outbreak - Iowa, July 2013.
abstract: On Friday, June 28, 2013, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) routinely reported two cases of cyclosporiasis in its weekly electronic newsletter, the EPI Update. The newsletter's primary audience consists of Iowa's public health officials and health-care providers, but readers also include members of the news media.
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods*; D021866:Cyclosporiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa / Q000453:epidemiology; D008402:Mass Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D060145:Text Messaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
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