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Rare disease surveillance

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1994
AbstractRare diseases in children account for disproportionate morbidity and mortality and are particularly demanding of both families and health resources. Surveillance may provide data on their epidemiology, aetiology, management and outcome and on the support requirements of affected children.
E J, Elliott, K G, Chant
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Future of disease surveillance

Veterinary Record, 2013
EFFECTIVE animal disease surveillance protects the livestock industry, the safety of food and human health, the environment and the economy (Defra 2013). Summarising the results of a consultation on proposals set out in its document, ‘Surveillance 2014 and beyond’, the AHVLA says: ‘The majority of respondents reported concern that the proposals would ...
A G, Prentice   +2 more
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Surveillance for equine diseases

Veterinary Record, 2005
SIR, – As part of the UK Government’s commitment to enhance veterinary surveillance, described in its strategy document published in 2003, DEFRA has now extended the set of species-specific quarterly disease surveillance reports to include horses and donkeys.
Ruth, Lysons   +2 more
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Infection disease surveillance update

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2016
Zika virus in Colombia The National Institute of Health in Colombia has confi rmed the presence of Zika virus in the Bolivar, Cordoba, Norte de Santander, San Andres, and Sucre departments. As of Oct 16, 2015, nine of 98 samples taken from patients in the Bolivar department were laboratory confi rmed as Zika virus, the fi rst cases detected in the ...
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Disease Surveillance

2001
Abstract In 1348, the Republic of Venice erected its first quarantine station at which all travelers from plague stricken ships were detained to monitor for signs of disease (Moro 1988). The term “surveillance” was introduced into English at the time of the Napoleonic wars, and in public health terms was restricted until 1949 to such ...
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Importance of disease surveillance

Preventive Medicine, 1974
Abstract An effective infectious disease control activity requires current surveillance of mortality and morbidity as well as populations at risk, and the changing character of disease agents. This paper presents a discussion of detection, notifications, and the nature of serologic surveys to guide immunization and other control procedures ...
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Improving disease surveillance

2018
<p>Traditional disease surveillance systems are instrumental in guiding policy-makers' decisions and understanding disease dynamics. The first study in this dissertation looks at sentinel surveillance network design. We consider three location-allocation models: two based on the maximal coverage model (MCM) and one based on the K-median model ...
Geoffrey Colin Fairchild   +6 more
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