Knowing global public health -- Emerging infectious diseases : an active concept -- Early warning outbreak detection and alert : a technique -- From infectious disease to public health emergency -- A world on alert : emergency vigilance in global biopolitics -- Concluding
Summary
Describes and analyzes the transformations in global mechanisms for monitoring infectious disease outbreaks that have occurred since the mid-1990s. This book examines early warning outbreak detection, which operates electronically through the Internet to identify infectious disease outbreaks that may lead to international health emergencies
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index
