Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners

Public health agencies strive to develop and maintain cost-effective disease surveillance systems to better understand the burden of disease within their jurisdiction. The emergence of novel avian influenza and other respiratory viruses such as MERS-CoV along with other emerging diseases including E...

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Main Authors: Siniscalchi, Alan, Evans, Brooke
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2016
Subjects:
Avian flu
Online Access:https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6581
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spelling ftunivillchojs:oai:journals.uic.edu:article/6581 2024-09-15T17:56:47+00:00 Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners Siniscalchi, Alan Evans, Brooke 2016-03-24 application/pdf https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6581 eng eng JMIR Publications https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6581/5344 https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6581 Online Journal of Public Health Informatics; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2016) 1947-2579 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftunivillchojs 2024-07-24T03:06:14Z Public health agencies strive to develop and maintain cost-effective disease surveillance systems to better understand the burden of disease within their jurisdiction. The emergence of novel avian influenza and other respiratory viruses such as MERS-CoV along with other emerging diseases including Ebola virus disease offer new challenges to public health practitioners. The authors conducted a series of surveys of influenza surveillance coordinators to identify and define these challenges. The results emphasize the importance of maintaining sufficient infrastructure and the trained personnel needed to operate these surveillance systems for optimal disease detection and public health preparedness and response readiness. Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian flu Journals@UIC (The University of Illinois at Chicago)
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description Public health agencies strive to develop and maintain cost-effective disease surveillance systems to better understand the burden of disease within their jurisdiction. The emergence of novel avian influenza and other respiratory viruses such as MERS-CoV along with other emerging diseases including Ebola virus disease offer new challenges to public health practitioners. The authors conducted a series of surveys of influenza surveillance coordinators to identify and define these challenges. The results emphasize the importance of maintaining sufficient infrastructure and the trained personnel needed to operate these surveillance systems for optimal disease detection and public health preparedness and response readiness.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Siniscalchi, Alan
Evans, Brooke
spellingShingle Siniscalchi, Alan
Evans, Brooke
Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners
author_facet Siniscalchi, Alan
Evans, Brooke
author_sort Siniscalchi, Alan
title Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners
title_short Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners
title_full Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners
title_fullStr Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners
title_full_unstemmed Avian Flu, Ebola, MERS, and Other Emerging Challenges for Influenza Surveillance Practitioners
title_sort avian flu, ebola, mers, and other emerging challenges for influenza surveillance practitioners
publisher JMIR Publications
publishDate 2016
url https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6581
genre Avian flu
genre_facet Avian flu
op_source Online Journal of Public Health Informatics; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2016)
1947-2579
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