Beyond traditional surveillance: Applying syndromic surveillance to developing settings-opportunities and challenges

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  May, Larissa ^a   Chretien, Jean Paul ^b,c   Pavlin, Julie A ^d,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e US Army Medical Component   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALARIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PNEUMONIA; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMALLPOX; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 68749088700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-242     Document Type: Article

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