Early detection and surveillance for biopreparedness and emerging infectious diseases

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Veenema, Tener Goodwin ^a,b,c   Tõke, Joanna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casuality Education ^*

Author keywords

Biological terrorism; Biological weapons; Early detection; Epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Isolation precautions; Nursing; Surveillance; Technology

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; COMPUTER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MONKEYPOX; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; TUBERCULOSIS; TULAREMIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSE'S ROLE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33644509843     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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