introduction: globally, it is estimated that around 5.8 million people die annually as result of injuries, which causes 10% of all deaths and 16% of disability adjusted life years lost worldwide. this study aimed to determine the epidemiology of injuries in emergency departments in iran. method: this cross sectional study was carried out using national injury surveillance data registry from 21 ...

Epidemiological monitoring is implemented to foresee the consequences of events considered as risk factor of disease spreading and to suggest action plans for controlling its evolution. Thus, epidemiological monitoring system modeling mainly focuses on representing two encapsulated processes: the monitoring process having the epidemiological phenomenon spreading as subject of study. In this pap...

Continued growth in international trade and the developing concepts of zoning and risk assessment demand effective assessment of national surveillance and monitoring systems for animal health. The ideal national epidemiological delivery system incorporates surveillance for disease agents, host monitoring and environmental assessment. An extensive veterinary infrastructure is necessary to suppor...

Epidemiological monitoring systems are used to control the evolution of disease spreading and to suggest action plans to prevent identified risks. In this domain, risk prediction is based on quantitative approaches that are hardly usable when data collection is not possible. In this paper, a qualitative approach based on an epidemiological monitoring ontology is proposed. We describe the design...