COMPUTER networks have been used for years by public health officials to monitor outbreaks of disease.
Among them is a program to link Pacific Rim disease-control centers, train health officials how to monitor outbreaks of diseases and plan responses.
And it enables health authorities to monitor outbreaks of bird flu for the dangerous mutations and so nip a potential pandemic in the bud.
Centres are now equipped to monitor outbreaks of influenza throughout the world in order to establish the identity of the responsible viruses and, if necessary, take steps to produce appropriate vaccines.
It also enables authorities to monitor outbreaks of bird flu for the dangerous mutations and so nip a potential epidemic in the bud.Michael Osterholm, of the University of Minnesota, and Donald Henderson, of the University of Pittsburgh, however, argue in Science that H5N1's human-fatality rate means any benefits that might flow from the research are dwarfed by the risks.
The administration had requested $1.9 billion in emergency funding to fund research into vaccines and treatments, help local health centers monitor outbreaks, and help localities control mosquitoes.
The Plan supposedly established mechanisms to coordinate actions, monitor outbreaks, and supervise animal farms.
We get a Marine general worried that he's going to lose funding that monitors drug trafficking and "public health experts" concerned about their ability to monitor "outbreaks" and prevent "bioterrorism attacks".
These polymorphic regions are normally useful for surveillance purposes, to monitor outbreaks or for epidemiological studies.
Serological 'typing' methods (VNT and SNT), based on the specificity of interactions between neutralising antibodies and the outer virion surface (particularly VP2), have been used for many years and with considerable success, as primary diagnostic assays to monitor outbreaks of orbiviral diseases and identify the 'serotype' of the virus involved.
