Abstract:ObjectiveThe application of spatial analysis to improve the awareness and use of surveillance data.IntroductionThe re-emergence of an infectious disease is dependent on social, political, behavioral, and disease-specific factors. Global disease surveillance is a requisite of early detection that facilitates coordinated interventions to these events. Novel informatics tools developed from publicly available data are constantly evolving with the incorporation of new data streams. Re-emerging Infectious Disease (… Show more
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