This fully updated edition of Infectious Disease Surveillance is for frontline public health practitioners, epidemiologists, and clinical microbiologists who are engaged in communicable disease control. It is also a foundational text for trainees in public health, applied epidemiology, postgraduate medicine and nursing programs.
The second edition portrays both the conceptual framework and practical aspects of infectious disease surveillance. It is a comprehensive resource designed to improve the tracking of infectious diseases and to serve as a starting point in the development of new surveillance systems. Infectious Disease Surveillance includes over 45 chapters from over 100 contributors, and topics organized into six sections based on major themes.
Section One highlights the critical role surveillance plays in public health and it provides an overview of the current International Health Regulations (2005) in addition to successes and challenges in infectious disease eradication.
Section Two describes surveillance systems based on logical program areas such as foodborne illnesses, vector-borne diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis healthcare and transplantation associated infections. Attention is devoted to programs for monitoring unexplained deaths, agents of bioterrorism, mass gatherings, and disease associated with international travel.
Sections Three and Four explore the uses of the Internet and wireless technologies to advance infectious disease surveillance in various settings with emphasis on best practices based on deployed systems. They also address molecular laboratory methods, and statistical and geospatial analysis, and evaluation of systems for early epidemic detection.
Sections Five and Six discuss legal and ethical considerations, communication strategies and applied epidemiology-training programs. The rest of the chapters offer public-private partnerships, as well lessons from the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic and future directions for infectious disease surveillance.
Table of Contents
Contributors x
Foreword to the Second Edition xix
Stephen B. Thacker & Denis M. Coulombier
Foreword to the First Edition xxi
Anne Schuchat & Jean-Claude Desenclos
Preface to Second Edition xxiii
Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Ruth Lynfield, Chris A. Van Beneden, & Henriette de Valk
Preface to First Edition xxv
Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Ruth Lynfield, Chris Van Beneden, & Henriette de Valk
Acknowledgments xxvii
Weighing of the Heart xxviii
Polyxeni Potter
Section 1: Introduction to Infectious Disease Surveillance
1 Infectious Disease Surveillance: A Cornerstone for Prevention and Control 3
Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Ruth Lynfield, Kathleen G. Julian, Chris A. Van Beneden, & Henriette de Valk
2 Origins and Progress in Surveillance Systems 21
Stephen B. Thacker & Donna F. Stroup
3 Use of Surveillance in Disease Eradication Efforts 32
Part 1: Introduction to the Concept and Use of Surveillance in the Eradication of Smallpox 32
D.A. Henderson
Part 2: Lessons Learned in Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis) Eradication 41
Samuel Makoy, Steven R. Becknell, Alexander H. Jones, Gabriel Waat, Ernesto Ruiz-tiben, & Donald R. Hopkins
Part 3: Surveillance for Measles Eradication in Countries with Limited Resources 54
Mark Grabowsky, Mac Otten, & Balcha Masresha
4 Infectious Disease Surveillance and the International Health Regulations 62
Bruce J. Plotkin & Maxwell C. Hardiman
5 Supranational Surveillance in the European Union 81
Andrea Ammon & Edward van Straten
Section 2: Program Area Surveillance Systems
6 Active, Population-based Surveillance for Infectious Diseases 95
Chris A. Van Beneden, Melissa Arvay, Somsak Thamthitiwat, & Ruth Lynfield
7 Surveillance for Foodborne Diseases 109
Part 1: Approaches to Surveillance for Foodborne Diseases 109
Elaine Scallan, Barbara Mahon, & Danilo Lo Fo Wong
Part 2: Investigation of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks 120
Stephanie D. Meyer, Kirk E. Smith, & Craig Hedberg
Part 3: Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance Among Foodborne Bacteria - the US Approach 129
Jean M. Whichard, Kathryn Gay, Heather Tate, & Tom M. Chiller
8 Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases 143
Mira J. Leslie & James J. Kazmierczak
9 Surveillance for Vector-borne Diseases 157
Lyle R. Petersen & James L. Hadler
10 Surveillance for Vaccine-preventable Diseases 174
Hanna M. Nohynek & Elizabeth Miller
11 Public Health Surveillance for Vaccine Adverse Events 187
John K. Iskander & Yenlik Zheteyeva
12 Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Surveillance 200
Lynnette Brammer, Alicia P. Budd, & Lyn Finelli
13 Surveillance for Agents of Bioterrorism in the USA 211
Richard N. Danila & Aaron T. Fleischauer
14 Surveillance for Unexplained Infectious Disease-related Deaths 223
Ruth Lynfield, Kurt B. Nolte, Ann M. Schmitz, & Marc Fischer
15 Surveillance for Tuberculosis 234
Delphine Antoine & Ibrahim Abubakar
16 Surveillance for Healthcare-associated Infections 248
Petra Gastmeier, Bruno Coignard, & Teresa C. Horan
17 Biovigilance: Designing and Implementing Surveillance Systems for the Safety and Quality of Blood, Organs, and Tissues 261
Matthew J. Kuehnert, Robert P. Wise, & Jerry A. Holmberg
18 Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance and Trends in Antimicrobial Utilization 274
Katherine Fleming-Dutra, Lauri A. Hicks, & Hajo Grundmann
19 Surveillance for Viral Hepatitis in Europe 288
Mary E. Ramsay, Koye Balogun, Catherine Quigley, & Chee Fu Yung
20 Surveillance for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the USA 304
Eve D. Mokotoff & R. Luke Shouse
21 Surveillance for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome for Countries in Transition 317
Part 1: Surveillance for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in India 317
Rubina Imtiaz, Renu Garg, & Madhulekha Bhattacharya
Part 2: Surveillance for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Russia 327
Dmitry M. Kissin, Charles R. Vitek, Evgeny Voronin, & Susan D. Hillis
Part 3: Surveillance for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in South Africa 334
Thomas M. Rehle & Gita Ramjee
22 Surveillance for Sexually Transmitted Diseases 343
Samuel L. Groseclose, Michael C. Samuel, Joan M. Chow, & Hillard Weinstock
23 Communicable Disease Surveillance During Complex Emergencies 361
Marta Valenciano, Francisco J. Luquero, & Alain Moren
24 Infectious Disease Surveillance in Globally Mobile Populations 376
Katrin S. Kohl & Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz
25 Surveillance for Infectious Diseases in Mass Gatherings 388
Andrea M. Forde
Section 3: Internet- and Wireless-based Information Systems in Infectious Disease Surveillance
26 Use of the Web to Enhance Infectious Disease Surveillance 403
Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Dale D. Rohn, Toby McAdams, David P. Welliver, & Kathleen G. Julian
27 Web-based Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network in France 418
Thierry Blanchon
28 Electronic Surveillance for Infectious Diseases in Germany 426
G´erard Krause
29 Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting for Public Health Surveillance 434
Perry F. Smith, Guthrie S. Birkhead, & J.A. Magnuson
30 Mobile Technology for Infectious Disease Surveillance 447
Herman D. Tolentino, John S. Brownstein, Barbara L. Massoudi, & Mehran S. Massoudi
31 The Global Public Health Intelligence Network 457
Abla Mawudeku, Michael Blench, Louise Boily, Ron St. John, Roberta Andraghetti, & Martha Ruben
32 Syndromic Surveillance for Infectious Diseases 470
Julie A. Pavlin
Section 4: Molecular Methods, Data Analyses, and Evaluation of Surveillance Systems
33 Use of Molecular Epidemiology in Infectious Disease Surveillance 485
John M. Besser
34 Software Applications, Resources, and Introduction to Statistical Analysis 502
Part 1: Examples of Software Application and Web-based Resources for Infectious Disease Surveillance 502
John H. Holmes, Michael C. Samuel, Gilles Desv´e, & Joseph M. Hilbe
Part 2: Analysis and Interpretation of Reportable Infectious Disease Data 508
Mindy J. Perilla & Elizabeth R. Zell
35 Analysis and Interpretation of Case-based Infectious Disease Surveillance Data: Human Immunodeficiency Virus-related Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance in the USA 522
Lisa M. Lee & George W. Rutherford
36 Statistical Modeling of Infectious Disease Surveillance Data 535
Leonhard Held & Michaela Paul
37 Geospatial Technologies and Spatial Data Analysis 545
Part 1: Geographic Information System Approaches to Data Analysis 545
Chester G. Moore & Jerome E. Freier
Part 2: Use of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis in Infectious Disease Surveillance in North America and East Africa 558
Sunny Mak & Rebecca J. Eisen
38 Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance Systems that Use Healthcare Data 565
Samuel L. Groseclose, David L. Buckeridge, & James W. Buehler
Section 5: Basic Considerations, Communications, and Training in Infectious Disease Surveillance
39 Legal Basis for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control in the USA 583
Richard E. Hoffman & Frederic E. Shaw
40 Ethics and Public Health Surveillance 596
Amy L. Fairchild & David M. Johns
41 Communication in Infectious Disease Surveillance 607
Part 1: Communication, Mass Media Relations, and Infectious Disease Surveillance 607
Brian G. Southwell, Barbara J. Reynolds, & Kate Fowlie
Part 2: Health Communication Case Study 618
Jeffrey D. Klausner & Katherine Ahrens
42 Training in Infectious Disease Surveillance: Contributions of the Epidemic Intelligence Service and European Field Epidemiology Training Programs 623
Denise Koo, Douglas H. Hamilton, & Arnold Bosman
43 Surveillance Training for Fogarty International Fellows from Eastern Europe and Central Asia: the New York State Experience 636
Dale L. Morse, Robert A. Bednarczyk, & Louise-Anne McNutt
Section 6: Partnerships, Policy, and Preparedness
44 Public–Private Partnerships in Infectious Disease Surveillance 649
Andrew Friede
45 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Surveillance in the USA 657
Michael A. Jhung, Lynnette Brammer, & Lyn Finelli
46 Future Directions in Infectious Disease Surveillance 668
Ruth Lynfield, Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Chris A. Van Beneden, & Henriette de Valk
Index 671