Global Burden of Infectious Diseases

• Main Author: Michaud, C.M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Article; Daly; Avian flu
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150259/; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00185-1

Systematic efforts to quantify and monitor the burden of specific health conditions in populations, at the national level, started in the mid-1950s for malaria, poliomyelitis, and influenza in the United States. Comprehensive surveillance of morbidity and mortality for dozens of conditions has since...