Assessing the risk from emerging infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1521-1530

  Morgan, D ^a   Kirkbride, H ^a   Hewitt, K ^a   Said, B ^a   Walsh, A L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging infections; Infectious disease epidemiology; Public health; Risk assessment; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS; ALGORITHM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349560274     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990227     Document Type: Review

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