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BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance : Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version, Paperback / softback Book

BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance : Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version Paperback / softback

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Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority.

In 2003 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced the BioWatch program-a federal monitoring system intended to speed detection of specific biological agents that could be released in aerosolized form during a biological attack. The present volume evaluates the costs and merits of both the current BioWatch program and the plans for a new generation of BioWatch devices.

BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance also examines infectious disease surveillance through hospitals and public health agencies in the United States, and considers whether BioWatch and traditional infectious disease surveillance are redundant or complementary. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction and Background2 The BioWatch System3 Evaluation of the BioWatch System4 Detecting Biological Threats Through the Public Health and HealthCare Systems: Current Status5 Enhancing Surveillance to Detect and Characterize InfectiousDisease Threats6 BioWatch and Enhanced National Biosurveillance ResourcesAppendix A: Study ActivitiesAppendix B: GlossaryAppendix C: Summary of Research into the Costs of Enhanced PublicHealth Surveillance SystemsAppendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

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