What did Syndromic Surveillance Show During London 2012? Lessons for Mass Gatherings
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What did Syndromic Surveillance Show During London 2012? Lessons for Mass Gatherings
Introduction Mass gatherings can impact on the health of the public including importation of infectious diseases, exposure of international visitors to endemic diseases in the host country and the increased risk of bioterrorist activity.1 Public health surveillance during mass gatherings therefore affords an opportunity to identify, and quantify any impact (or reassure on the absence of impact)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1947-2579
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5835