| Description |
1 online resource (299 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and abbreviations; SECTION I: Introduction to infectious disease surveillance; CHAPTER 1: Surveillance as a foundation for infectious disease prevention and control; Background and rationale; Definitions; Public health disease surveillance; Newer types of surveillance; Historical development of infectious disease surveillance; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 2: The legal basis for public health surveillance; Introduction |
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The roles of state and federal laws in infectious disease surveillancePrivacy Act of 1974; HIPAA Privacy Rule; Public Health Service Act; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; Freedom of Information Act; State laws; The limits of the law; Examples from recent infectious disease outbreaks; Key summary points for public health practitioners; References; CHAPTER 3: National, state, and local public health surveillance systems; Organization and roles of public health infectious disease surveillance infrastructure in the United States and steps in the surveillance process |
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State and local public health organization and rolesSurveillance process roles and responsibilities; Analysis and use of surveillance data; State reportable and national notifiable condition surveillance; Methods used for surveillance; Active versus passive surveillance; Laboratory-based surveillance; Other surveillance; Resources; Electronic methods and other recent innovations; Integrated and interoperable surveillance systems; Electronic laboratory results reporting; Electronic public health case reporting; Standards-based case notification to CDC; Conclusion; References |
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CHAPTER 4: Quarantine and the role of surveillance in nineteenth-century public healthOverview; Introduction; Debating quarantine and yellow fever, 1850-1880; Summary; References; SECTION II: Specific surveillance systems; CHAPTER 5: Surveillance for vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization; Introduction; Step one: understanding the background: burden and risk factors of VPD illness and transmission processes of the target pathogen; Step two: understanding the vaccines; Step three: identify the data sources for disease surveillance and their availability, strengths, and weaknesses |
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Step four: assessing the performance: conducting post-marketing VPD surveillance and assessing vaccine effectivenessStep five: preparing for the unexpected and continuing the evaluation; What if the sample size is too small to detect an uncommon adverse event possibly associated with the vaccine?; What are the effects of a population-wide vaccination program on individuals who are not vaccinated?; What is the impact of inclusion of a substance that was not originally intended to be in the vaccine?; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 6: Surveillance for seasonal and novel influenza viruses |
| Summary |
Infectious disease surveillance has evolved at an extraordinary pace during the past several decades, and continues to do so. It is increasingly used to inform public health practice in addition to its use as a tool for early detection of epidemics. It is therefore crucial that students of public health and epidemiology have a sound understanding of the concepts and principles that underpin modern surveillance of infectious disease. Written by leaders in the field, who have vast hands-on experience in conducting surveillance and teaching applied public health, Concepts and Methods in Infect |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
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Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology
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Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology
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Communicable diseases -- Prevention
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
M'ikanatha, Nkuchia M.
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Iskander, John K.
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| ISBN |
9781118928646 |
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1118928644 |
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9781118928639 |
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1118928636 |
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9780470659397 |
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0470659394 |
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9781322095141 |
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1322095140 |
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