Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Role of Syndromic Surveillance in the Developing World
Despite impressive advancements in diagnostic and treatment technologies, infectious diseases still cause a significant amount of mortality and morbidity throughout the world due to the unpredictable and inevitable rise of new or previously dormant pathogens. Emerging infectio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Medical Bacteriology |
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| Online Access: | https://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/view/41 |
| Summary: | Despite impressive advancements in diagnostic and treatment technologies, infectious diseases still cause a significant amount of mortality and morbidity throughout the world due to the unpredictable and inevitable rise of new or previously dormant pathogens. Emerging infectious disease (EID) outbreaks are mainly associated with changes in physical environment and human behavioral activities, and disproportionately affect developing countries. Syndromic surveillance, while challenged in developing countries by inadequate communication and public health infrastructure, could build on pre-existing systems to complement existing governmental and non-governmental programs for outbreak detection and offers a promising avenue to detect EID eventsearlier in the course of an outbreak.
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| ISSN: | 2251-8649 2322-2581 |