Gaps remain in China's ability to detect emerging infectious diseases despite advances since the onset of SARS and avian flu

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-135

  Feng, Zijian ^a   Li, Wenkai ^b   Varma, Jay K ^c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SARS VIRUS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 79951624337     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0606     Document Type: Review

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