Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics
To facilitate rapid detection of a future bioterrorist attack, an increasing number of public health departments are investing in new surveillance systems that target the early manifestations of bioterrorism-related disease. Whether this approach is likely to detect an epidemic sooner than reporting...
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doaj-5d5c6f0d71594f159481e8a61f57b6452020-11-25T02:35:53ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592003-10-019101197120410.3201/eid0910.030231Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related EpidemicsJames W. BuehlerRuth L. BerkelmanDavid M. HartleyClarence J. PetersTo facilitate rapid detection of a future bioterrorist attack, an increasing number of public health departments are investing in new surveillance systems that target the early manifestations of bioterrorism-related disease. Whether this approach is likely to detect an epidemic sooner than reporting by alert clinicians remains unknown. The detection of a bioterrorism-related epidemic will depend on population characteristics, availability and use of health services, the nature of an attack, epidemiologic features of individual diseases, surveillance methods, and the capacity of health departments to respond to alerts. Predicting how these factors will combine in a bioterrorism attack may be impossible. Nevertheless, understanding their likely effect on epidemic detection should help define the usefulness of syndromic surveillance and identify approaches to increasing the likelihood that clinicians recognize and report an epidemic.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/10/03-0231_articleUnited States |
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James W. Buehler Ruth L. Berkelman David M. Hartley Clarence J. Peters Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics Emerging Infectious Diseases United States |
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Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics |
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Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics |
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Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics |
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Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics |
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Syndromic Surveillance and Bioterrorism-related Epidemics |
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syndromic surveillance and bioterrorism-related epidemics |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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1080-6040 1080-6059 |
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2003-10-01 |
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To facilitate rapid detection of a future bioterrorist attack, an increasing number of public health departments are investing in new surveillance systems that target the early manifestations of bioterrorism-related disease. Whether this approach is likely to detect an epidemic sooner than reporting by alert clinicians remains unknown. The detection of a bioterrorism-related epidemic will depend on population characteristics, availability and use of health services, the nature of an attack, epidemiologic features of individual diseases, surveillance methods, and the capacity of health departments to respond to alerts. Predicting how these factors will combine in a bioterrorism attack may be impossible. Nevertheless, understanding their likely effect on epidemic detection should help define the usefulness of syndromic surveillance and identify approaches to increasing the likelihood that clinicians recognize and report an epidemic. |
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