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National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site summarizes the surveillance, research, prevention
efforts, and training resources of the Center that is
committed to the prevention and control of traditional, new,
and re-emerging infectious diseases around the world. NCPDCID
collaborates with the Coordinating Center for Infectious
Diseases (CCID), CDC, and the agency’s national and
global partners.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncpdcid/
Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
PPHSN is a voluntary network of countries/territories and
organisations for public health surveillance and response. It
focuses on six epidemic communicable diseases: dengue,
measles, influenza, leptospirosis, cholera, and typhoid. The
site describes the organization's activities particularly the
email listserv (PacNet), laboratory network (LabNet) and
response network (EpiNet).
http://www.spc.int/phs/PPHSN/
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Disease Surveillance (48000+)
This PubMed search will identify all
disease surveillance related free fulltext ejournal articles
within the database. Within the search results, there are
links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search
periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are
added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links
contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the
Specific Health Resources table of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22disease%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20disease%5BText%20Word%5D%29%20AND%20%28%22epidemiology%22%5BSubheading%5D%20OR%20%28%22epidemiology%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22epidemiology%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20surveillance%5BText%20Word%5D%29
WHO: Disease Outbreak News (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site reports disease outbreaks that have been submitted
to the WHO's Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control
Committee. It is a tool to strengthen national and
international capacity in the surveillance and control of
communicable diseases.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
WHO: Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Organized by disease, this site provides information on each
disease: impact, history, geographic distribution and
surveillance, and news of outbreaks plus links to other
relevant sites. It is available in pdf format in French and
Spanish.
http://www.who.int/csr/en/
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