Integrated biological–behavioural surveillance in pandemic-threat warning systems
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Integrated biological–behavioural surveillance in pandemic-threat warning systems
Economically and politically disruptive disease outbreaks are a hallmark of the 21st century. Although pandemics are driven by human behaviours, current surveillance systems for identifying pandemic threats are largely reliant on the monitoring of disease outcomes in clinical settings. Standardized integrated biological-behavioural surveillance could, and should, be used in community settings t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.175984