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SUBMITTER: Sampath R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7167958 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20070401
Newly emergent infectious diseases are a global public health problem. The population dense regions of Southeast Asia are the epicenter of many emerging diseases, as evidenced by the outbreak of Nipah, SARS, avian influenza (H5N1), Dengue, and enterovirus 71 in this region in the past decade. Rapid identification, epidemiologic surveillance, and mitigation of transmission are major challenges in ensuring public health safety. Here we describe a powerful new approach for infectious disease survei ...[more]