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| Centers for Disease Control Home Page | ||
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| Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | ||
| "The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports
to Centers for Disease Control by state health departments. The reporting week
concludes at close of business on Friday; compiled data on a national basis
are officially released to the public on the succeeding Friday." ( http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/asia.html ) | ||
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| Emerging Infectious Diseases | ||
| "Tracking trends and analyzing new and emerging infectious disease issues around
the world" from CDC. ( http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm ) | ||
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| World Health Organization Home Page | ||
( http://www.who.int/ ) | ||
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| Weekly Epidemiological Record | ||
| (from the WHO) "The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) serves as an essential instrument
for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases
and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on
other communicable diseases of public health importance, including the newly
emerging or re-emerging infections". ( http://www.who.int/wer/ ) | ||
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| PulseNet | ||
| A national computer network of public health laboratories that apply DNA "fingerprinting"
on bacteria that may be foodborne. The new system enables epidemiologists to
move up to five times faster than previously feasible in identifying serious
and wide-spread food contamination problems. ( http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/ ) | ||
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| The Anatomy of an Epidemic | ||
( http://library.thinkquest.org/11170/ ) | ||
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