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Combating infectious diseases in the Pacific Islands: sentinel surveillance, environmental health, and geospatial tools

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Lau, Colleen

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Infectious diseases are responsible for significant disease burden in the Pacific Islands. Environmental drivers of disease transmission and public health challenges vary between diseases, at times of emergence versus outbreaks, and also during the last stages of elimination where prevalence is low. In order to more effectively combat infectious diseases in the region, innovative approaches such as sentinel surveillance, environmental monitoring, the use of geospatial tools should be explored.

dc.contributor.authorLau, Colleen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:20:59Z
dc.identifier.issn0048-7554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/103649
dc.description.abstractInfectious diseases are responsible for significant disease burden in the Pacific Islands. Environmental drivers of disease transmission and public health challenges vary between diseases, at times of emergence versus outbreaks, and also during the last stages of elimination where prevalence is low. In order to more effectively combat infectious diseases in the region, innovative approaches such as sentinel surveillance, environmental monitoring, the use of geospatial tools should be explored.
dc.publisherFreund Publishing House Ltd
dc.sourceReviews on Environmental Health
dc.subjectenvironmental health; epidemiology; infectious diseases; Pacific Islands; public health; tropical medicine
dc.titleCombating infectious diseases in the Pacific Islands: sentinel surveillance, environmental health, and geospatial tools
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume29
dc.date.issued2014
local.identifier.absfor111700 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB9055
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationLau, Colleen, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1-2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage113
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage117
local.identifier.doi10.1515/reveh-2014-0028
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:54:43Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84898665072
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