This is an indication of the fact that within the surveillance community, improvement in the effectiveness and robustness of the computations devoted to extract elementary visual cues, upon which higher-level knowledge is formed, are still perceived as key to the overall performance of surveillance systems.
Although rabies control in Latin America and the Caribbean has been successful, certain approaches currently used, such as mass vaccination campaigns for dogs, postexposure prophylaxis, and epidemiologic surveillance, require improvement in some countries.
To reach the objective of eradicating polio, routine EPI and AFP surveillance will need improvements in a short period, which is beyond the capacity of the country's feeble institutional framework (MOPH) at this stage.
Biological threat agents; real-time surveillance; surveillance methodologyReferences To describe the improvements in New Jersey's Emergency Department surveillance system over time.
To date, more than a decade after the original prospective surveillance studies were completed, there have been few improvements in surveillance for N. meningitidis across Asia.
At the same time, Mr. Bush is intent on using the surveillance issue and any improvements in Iraq to portray the Democrats as weak on national security issues.
Insights into HBV seroprevalence in the vulnerable HIV-infected group are important to drive improvements in surveillance, treatment and prevention.
Recent improvements in surveillance and laboratory capacity have allowed Bangladesh, a populous country with widespread outbreaks of H5N1 in poultry, to study the epidemiology and seasonality of human influenza and identify potentially novel strains, such as influenza A/(H5N1) and novel influenza A/(H1N1) [29], [29].
In some settings, improvements in surveillance methods at or after the time of PCV7 introduction might have falsely enhanced the increase in IPD caused by nonvaccine serotypes (32 ).
Improvements in surveillance of STEC infections, following their recognition as serious public health concerns, have resulted in an overall increasing trend of STEC notifications at the international level.
