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Surveillance and Seroepidemiology

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Viral Infections of Humans

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Surveillance has been described as the systematic collection of data pertaining to the occurrence of specific diseases, the analysis and interpretation of these data, and the dissemination of consolidated and processed information to contributors to the program and other interested persons.(57) The principles have been well set forth by Langmuir for the U.S. Center for Disease Control(41)and by Răska(57) for the World Health Organization, and were a major focus of discussion of the Twenty- first World Health Assembly in 1968. (70) The techniques of surveillance have become a part of national and international programs of disease control. This chapter will discuss the background and elements of traditional surveillance, the concept and uses of serological epidemiology, and their application to surveillance.

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Evans, A.S. (1976). Surveillance and Seroepidemiology. In: Evans, A.S. (eds) Viral Infections of Humans. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3988-5_2

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