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Selecting Essential Information for BiosurveillanceÃA Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
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The National Strategy for Biosurveillance defines biosurveillance as 'the process of gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information related to all-hazards threats or disease activity affecting human, animal, or plant… read more -
Biosurveillance Data Stream Framework: A Novel Approach to Characterization and Evaluation
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Multiple data sources are used in a variety of biosurveillance systems. With the advent of new technologies, globalization, high performance computing, and "big data" opportunities, there are seemingly unlimited potential data streams that could be… read more -
Control and Cost-benefit Analysis of Fast Spreading Diseases: The case of Ebola
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Mitigating the spread of infectious disease is of great importance for policy makers. Taking the recent outbreak of Ebola as an example, it was difficult for policy makers to identify the best course of action based on the cost-effectiveness of what… read more