Veterinary syndromic surveillance: Current initiatives and potential for development

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Dórea, Fernanda C ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Revie, Crawford W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aberration detection; Animal health surveillance; Emerging diseases; Prospective monitoring; Syndromic surveillance; Veterinary surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959523040     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.05.004     Document Type: Review

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