Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection:
Assessing the Challenges – Finding Solutions, Workshop Summary
Forum on Microbial Threats,
Choffnes, and Alison Mack, Rapporteurs
Forum on Microbial Threats - Board on Global Health, 2007- US
Available full text online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11996
“…..Early detection is essential to the control of emerging, reemerging, and novel infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or intentionally introduced. Containing the spread of such diseases in a profoundly interconnected world requires active vigilance for signs of an outbreak, rapid recognition of its presence, and diagnosis of its microbial cause, in addition to strategies and resources for an appropriate and efficient response. Although these actions are often viewed in terms of human public health, they also challenge the plant and animal health communities.
Currently, disease surveillance and detection relies heavily on the astute individual: the clinician, veterinarian, grower, livestock manager, or agricultural extension agent who notices atypical or suspicious symptoms and brings them to the attention of public health, veterinary medicine, or agricultural officials— including academicians and zoological parks. While most developed countries have a surveillance system in place and the ability to detect and diagnose human, animal, and plant diseases, many developing countries—where most of the global population resides—may not have the resources or infrastructure to support such activities. Under such circumstances, disease detection occurs on the local level and depends entirely on the early recognition of both known and novel infectious diseases.
Technological advances in disease surveillance and detection such as regional syndromic surveillance, bioinformatics, and new rapid diagnostic methods have
the potential to improve infectious disease control and prevention efforts. Further improvements are likely to result from ongoing innovations in infectious disease diagnostics, reporting, and surveillance. However, a number of challenges remain to be met before deployment of rapid, low-cost, sensitive, and specific point-ofcare disease diagnostics become a reality…..”
Content:
Summary and Assessment
1 Surveillance Strategies
2 Surveillance Networks
3 Detection and Diagnostics
4 Resource Needs and Opportunities
Appendix A Agenda
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