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Editorial
. 2006 May;60(5):374-5.
doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.035337.

Syndromic Surveillance: is it a useful tool for local outbreak detection?

Kirsty Hope, David N Durrheim, Edouard Tursan d'Espaignet, Craig Dalton
Editorial

Syndromic Surveillance: is it a useful tool for local outbreak detection?

Kirsty Hope et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 May.

Abstract

New surveillance systems are required to meet the demands of a changing world.

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