Surveillance of new infectious diseases focuses on wrong areas

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Epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases in France.

Epidemiological surveillance, namely the continuous monitoring of diseases and health determinants in a population, has developed over the past fifteen years, in the sphere of human health as well as in animal health. All epidemiological surveillance networks include the following four stages: data collection, data transmission, data processing and dissemination of information. However, despite...

Satellite Imaging and Surveillance of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2329-891X JTD, an open access journal Prevalence of Tropical Diseases J Trop Dis Satellite Imaging and Surveillance of Infectious Diseases Rajeev Singh1*, Koushlesh Ranjan2 and Harshit Verma1 1Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India 2Department of Veterinary Physiology & Biochemistry, College of Veterinary & A...

General Information on Preventing Infectious Diseases

This article was presented by the author at the Vaccination Seminar of May 26, 1972, National University Medical School.

New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

virus persistence, and flaviviral recombination as a mechanism of flaviviral evolution. In addition, data were presented that illustrated the persistence of, and immune modulation by, alphaviruses, which, in concert, allow the virus to replicate while preventing the host from responding to its benefit. Other than the classical techniques of preventing infection, little was mentioned about disea...