A Review of Zoonotic Disease Surveillance Supported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-175

  Burke, R L ^a   Kronmann, K C ^b   Daniels, C C ^c   Meyers, M ^d   Byarugaba, D K ^e   Dueger, E ^f,g   Klein, T A ^h   Evans, B P ^d   Vest, K G ^a  

^a Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^b ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c DoD Veterinary Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

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

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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

^g US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^h Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human animal interface; Surveillance; US military; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS RNA;

ANTHRAX; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUNYAVIRUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE DOSAGE; HANTAVIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MELIOIDOSIS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; HANTAAN VIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84859703183     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01440.x     Document Type: Review

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