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Epidemiologic Surveillance

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Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology

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Not every topic admits a precise definition but ours does:

Epidemiologic surveillance is the collection, transfer, analysis, and interpretation of information related to cases of diseases, which is done systematically and routinely.

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  1. Department of Public Health, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Ralf Reintjes

  2. Universitè de Paris V, Paris, France

    Klaus Krickeberg (Formerly)

  3. Bielefeld, France

    Klaus Krickeberg (Formerly)

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  1. Fak. Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany

    Alexander Krämer

  2. University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands

    Mirjam Kretzschmar

  3. Manglieu, 63270, France

    Klaus Krickeberg

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Reintjes, R., Krickeberg, K. (2009). Epidemiologic Surveillance. In: Krämer, A., Kretzschmar, M., Krickeberg, K. (eds) Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93835-6_8

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