Impediments to global surveillance of infectious diseases: Consequences of open reporting in a global economy

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1358-1367

  Cash, Richard A ^a   Narasimhan, Vasant ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Communicable disease control, legislation; Disease outbreaks, economics; Emerging diseases; Epidemiological surveillance; India; Peru; Plague

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONITORING; PERU; PLAGUE; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PERU; PLAGUE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033749268     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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