Infectious disease surveillance / [edited by] Nkuchia M. Mikanatha ... [et al.] ; foreword by Anne Schuchat and Jean-Claude Desenclos. — Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2007. – (61.245/I43)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Contributors， ix
    Foreword， xvii
    Preface， xx
    Acknowledgments， xxii
    Section I: Introduction and Program-Area Surveillance Systems
    1 Infectious Disease Surveillance: A Cornerstone for Prevention and Control， 3
    2 Infectious Disease Surveillance and the International Health Regulations， 18
    3 Active， Population-Based Surveillance for Infectious Diseases， 32
    4 Surveillance for Antimicrobial-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae， 44
    5 Surveillance for Foodborne Diseases， 57
    6 Supranational Surveillance in the European Union， 69
    7 Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance among Foodborne Bacteria: The US Approach， 79
    8 Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases， 93
    9 Surveillance for Vector-Borne Diseases， 107
    10 Surveillance for Agents of Bioterrorism in the United States， 124
    11 Surveillance for Unexplained Infectious Disease-Related Deaths， 136
    12 Surveillance for Tuberculosis in Europe， 147
    13 Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections， 159
    14 Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Community， 171
    15 Surveillance for Viral Hepatitis， 187
    16 Surveillance for HIV/AIDS in the United States， 201
    17 Surveillance for Sexually Transmitted Diseases， 213
    18 Vaccine Preventable Diseases， 229
    Part 1: Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance， 229
    Part 2: Public Health Surveillance for Vaccine Adverse Events， 241
    19 Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Surveillance， 254
    20 Communicable Disease Surveillance in Complex Emergencies， 265
    Section I1: Use of Electronic and Web-Based Means in Infectious Disease Surveillance
    21 Use of the World Wide Web to Enhance Infectious Disease Surveillance， 281
    22 The Netherlands' Infectious Diseases Surveillance Information System (ISIS)， 294
    23 The Global Public Health Intelligence Network， 304
    24 National Notifiable Disease Surveillance in Egypt， 318
    25 Electronic Reporting in Infectious Disease Surveillance， 333
    Part 1: Basic Principles of Electronic Public Health Surveillance， 333
    Part 2: Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting for Public Health Surveillance， 341
    26 Implementing Syndromic Surveillance Systems in the Climate of Bioterrorism， 351
    Section III: Methods for Surveillance Data Analysis， Communication， and Evaluation
    27 Software Applications for Analysis of Surveillance Data， 363
    28 Analysis and Interpretation of Reportable Infectious Disease Data， 367
    29 Analysis and Interpretation of Case-Based HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data， 380
    30 Use of Molecular Epidemiology in Infectious Disease Surveillance， 393
    31 Use of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Infectious Disease Surveillance， 408
    32 Communication of Information about Surveillance， 419
    Part 1: Media Communication of Information about Infectious Disease Surveillance and Outbreaks， 419
    Part 2: Case Study: A Healthy Response to Increases in Syphilis in San Francisco， 429
    33 Evaluation of Surveillance Systems for Early Epidemic Detection， 432
    Section IV: Law， Ethics， Training， and Partnership in Infectious Disease Surveillance
    34 Ethics and the Conduct of Public Health Surveillance， 445
    35 Legal Considerations in Surveillance， Isolation， and Quarantine， 450
    Part 1: Legal Basis for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control， 450
    Part 2: Legal Considerations for Isolation and Quarantine in the United States， 460
    36 Training in Applied Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Surveillance: Contributions of the Epidemic Intelligence Service， 470
    37 New York State International Training Program for Fogarty Fellows， 481
    38 Public-Private Partnerships in Infectious Disease Surveillance， 490
    Section V: Conclusions
    39 Lessons Learned from Smallpox Eradication and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak， 499
    Part 1: The Use of Surveillance in the Eradication of Smallpox and Poliomyelitis， 501
    Part 2: SARS Surveillance in Hong Kong and the United States during the 2003 Outbreak， 511
    40 Future Directions in Infectious Disease Surveillance， 524
    Index， 527
    Colour plates are found facing page 26 and page 266