BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance:

Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version

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Publication Year:2011

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Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xxii
Summary	1-21	(skim)
1 Introduction and Background	22-46	(skim)
2 The BioWatch System	47-60	(skim)
3 Evaluation of the BioWatch System	61-95	(skim)
4 Detecting Biological Threats Through the Public Health and Health Care Systems: Current Status	96-118	(skim)
5 Enhancing Surveillance to Detect and Characterize Infectious Disease Threats	119-154	(skim)
6 BioWatch and Enhanced National Biosurveillance Resources	155-188	(skim)
Appendix A: Study Activities	189-192	(skim)
Appendix B: Glossary	193-198	(skim)
Appendix C: Summary of Research into the Costs of Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Systems	199-216	(skim)
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	217-230	(skim)

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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.

BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance:

Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version

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