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: , ,
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