How can we improve global infectious disease surveillance and prevent the next outbreak?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 944-947

  Gorman, Sara ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging pathogens; Infectious disease; Reporting; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SAUDI ARABIA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84887926780     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.826877     Document Type: Article

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