Biosurveillance : methods and case studies /: methods and case studies. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Taha Kass-Hout, Xaiohui Zhang.
• Other Names: Kass-Hout, Taha; Zhang, Xaiohui
• Contents: Timeliness of data sources / Lynne Dailey -- Simulating and evaluating biosurveillance datasets / Thomas H. Lotze, Galit Shmueli, and Inbal Yahav -- Remote sensing-based modeling of infectious disease transmission / Richard K. Kiang, Farida Adimi, and Radina P. Soebiyanto -- Integrating human capabilities into biosurveillance systems : a study of biosurveillance and situation awareness / Cheryl A. Bolstad [and others] -- The role of zoos in biosurveillance / Julia Chosy, Janice Mladonicky, and Tracey McNamara -- HealthMap / Amy L. Sonricker [and others] -- The role of SMS text messaging to improve public health response / Elizabeth Avery Gomez -- Using prediction markets to forecast infectious diseases / Philip M. Polgreen and Forrest D. Nelson -- The role of data aggregation in public health and food safety surveillance / Artur Dubrawski -- Introduction to China's infectious disease surveillance system / Jin Shuigao and Ma Jiaqi -- Biosurveillance and public health practice : a case study of North Carolina's NC DETECT system / S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels [and others] -- Aberration detection in R illustrated by Danish mortality monitoring / Michael Höhle and Anne Mazick -- User requirements toward a real-time biosurveillance program / Nuwan Waidyanatha and Suma Prashant -- Using common alerting protocol to support a real-time biosurveillance program in Sri Lanka and India / Gordon A. Gow and Nuwan Waidyanatha -- Navigating the information storm : web-based global health surveillance in BioCaster / Nigel Collier [and others] -- A snapshot of situation awareness : using the NC DETECT system to monitor the 2007 heat wave / David B. Rein -- Linking detection to effective response / Scott F. Wetterhall, Taha Kass-Hout, and David L. Buckeridge.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 363 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 614.4/2; Public health surveillance; Biosurveillance; Health; Medicine; Social Science; MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment; MEDICAL -- Epidemiology; Public health surveillance; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439800478; 1439800472
• Related ISBNs: 9781439800461; 1439800464
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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