Infectious Disease Surveillance
Description:... This unique book covers many major disease surveillance systems,drawing on the experiences of leading experts from around theworld. Beginning with an overview of the newly revisedInternational Health Regulations from the World HealthOrganization, the book progresses to explore surveillance systemscurrently in practice. Examples included are as far ranging assurveillance for antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens,vaccine adverse events, influenza and HIV/AIDS, to communicabledisease surveillance during complex emergencies in Iraq and Sudan.Infectious Disease Surveillance also covers the use ofmodern technologies to track infectious diseases, includingmolecular epidemiologic techniques and electronic means for datacollection and distribution. Other chapters discuss evaluation ofsurveillance methods, ethical considerations and legal issues. Thebook concludes with a review of historical lessons learned from theapplication of surveillance in disease control—for smallpoxin the 1970s and for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in2003.
A comprehensive resource to improve the tracking ofinfectious diseases
- Offers perspectives on best practices through examples of awide variety of surveillance systems from around the globe
- Acts as a starting point for design of new surveillancesystems
- Serves as an easy reference for key information
Designed for frontline public health practitioners engaged incommunicable disease control, epidemiologists, clinicalmicrobiologists, and students of public health and epidemiology,this book portrays both the conceptual framework and the practicalaspects of infectious disease surveillance.
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