Download or read book Handbook of Biosurveillance written by Michael M. Wagner and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the theory and practice of real-time human disease outbreak detection, explicitly recognizing the revolution in practices of infection control and public health surveillance. Reviews the current mathematical, statistical, and computer science systems for early detection of disease outbreaks Provides extensive coverage of existing surveillance data Discusses experimental methods for data measurement and evaluation Addresses engineering and practical implementation of effective early detection systems Includes real case studies