Handbook of Biosurveillance
Series: | Bioinformatics |
Publisher: | Academic Press |
Subject: | Public health surveillance, Population Surveillance--methods, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control, Models, Statistical |
Authors: | Michael M. Wagner , Andrew W. Moore (Ph.D.) , Ron M. Aryel |
Pages: | 605 pages |
Binding: | Hardcover |
ISBN: | 9780123693785 |
Call No: | RA 652.2 P82 H36 2006 |
Provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the theory and practice of real-time human disease outbreak detection, explicitly recognizing the revolution in practices of infection control and public health surveillance.
*Reviews the current mathematical, statistical, and computer science systems for early detection of disease outbreaks
*Provides extensive coverage of existing surveillance data
*Discusses experimental methods for data measurement and evaluation
*Addresses engineering and practical implementation of effective early detection systems
*Includes real case studies