BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance : Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version.

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority. In 2003 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced the BioWatch program--a federal monitoring system intended to speed detection of sp...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: National Academies Press 2011.
Temas:
Bioterrorism > United States > Prevention.
Public health surveillance > United States.
Emergency management > United States.
Santé publique > Surveillance > États-Unis.
Bioterrorism > Prevention.
Emergency management.
Public health surveillance.
United States.
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Reviewers
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables, Figures, and Boxes
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction and Background
  • 2 The BioWatch System
  • 3 Evaluation of the BioWatch System
  • 4 Detecting Biological Threats Through the Public Health and Health Care Systems: Current Status
  • 5 Enhancing Surveillance to Detect and Characterize Infectious Disease Threats
  • 6 BioWatch and Enhanced National Biosurveillance Resources
  • Appendix A: Study Activities
  • Appendix B: Glossary
  • Appendix C: Summary of Research into the Costs of Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Systems
  • Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

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