Laboratory-guided detection of disease outbreaks: Three generations of surveillance systems

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 916-925

  Sintchenko, Vitali ^a,b,c   Gallego, Blanca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

BIOSURVEILLANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

EID: 67049095736     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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