Description
Book SynopsisAn up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biosurveillance techniques With the worldwide awareness of bioterrorism and drug-resistant infectious diseases, the need for surveillance systems to accurately detect emerging epidemicsis essential for maintaining global safety.
Trade Review“The book is especially valuable for anyone interested in automated disease surveillance because of its broad scope addressing all issues related to developing and operating automated disease surveillance systems.” (
Biometrics, June 2009 )
"This book is essential reading for those learning about public health disease surveillance and for statisticians working with public health professional to improve the sensitivity, specificity, timeliness and cost-effectiveness of current surveillance systems." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2008)
"…creates a roadmap for scientists to follow…" (Electric Review, June/July 2007)
Table of Contents1. Disease Surveillance (J. Lombardo & D. Ross).
2. Understanding the Data (S. Babin, et al.).
3. Obtaining the Data (R. Wojcik, et al.).
4. Alerting Algorithms for Biosurveillance (H. Burkom).
5. Putting It Together (L. Hauenstein, et al.).
6. Modern Disease Surveillance (S. Lewis, et al.).
7. Canadian Applications (J. Aramini & S. Mukhi).
8. Telehealth in England and Wales (D. Cooper).
9. EWORS amd Alerta DISAMAR (J. Chretien, et al.).
10. Evaulating Automated Surveillance Systems (D. Buckeridge, et al.).
11. Educating the Workforce (H. Lehmann).
12. The Road Ahead (J. Lombardo).
Index.
