Pacific-wide simplified syndromic surveillance for early warning of outbreaks

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 670-681

  Kool, Jacob L ^a   Paterson, Beverley ^b   Pavlin, Boris I ^a   Durrheim, David ^b,c   Musto, Jennie ^a   Kolbe, Anthony ^d,e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

early warning; infectious diseases; outbreak detection; outbreak response; Pacific; syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864684554     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.699536     Document Type: Article

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