Short report: Global infectious disease surveillance at DoD overseas laboratories, 1999-2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-27

  Sueker, J Jeremy ^a   Chretien, Jean Paul ^b,c   Gaydos, Joel C ^a   Russell, Kevin L ^a  

^a Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BUDGET; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

BUDGETS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049146102     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0139     Document Type: Article

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