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Biowatch and public health surveillance : evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats

Title
Biowatch and public health surveillance : evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats / committee on effectiveness of national biosurveillance systems: BioWatch and the public health system ; Board on health sciences policy ; Board on chemical sciences and technology ; Board on life sciences - Institute of medicine and national research council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011.

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  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences
  • National Academies Press (U.S.)
Description
xxii, 229 p. : charts; 23 cm.
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Biological warfare > Safety measures > Evaluation
  • Biological warfare > United States > Prevention > Evaluation
  • Biological warfare > United States > Safety measures > Evaluation
  • Public health surveillance > United States > Evaluation
  • Bioterrorism > United States > Safety measures > Evaluation
  • Biological Warfare > prevention & control
  • Population Surveillance > prevention & control
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 0309139716
  • 9780309139717
OCLC
  • ocn671466156
  • 671466156
  • SCSB-5566141
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries