Surveillance for Newly Emerging Viruses

摘要: Publisher Summary Surveillance is a fundamental tool for public health, producing information to guide actions. Modern surveillance tends follow health measures such as the incidence of disease or syndrome even occurrence health-related behaviors. There are many reasons conducting surveillance, and data collected approach taken analyzing those both influenced by overall goal system. systems aims mainly at detection also provide that may be useful other purposes. The detecting an outbreak newly emerging virus, places specific demands on type types analysis performed. All approaches share some common principles. While underlying methods used in have evolved considerably recent years, general has remained relatively constant. At level, (1) identify individual cases, (2) detect population patterns identified then (3) convey decision-makers about patterns.