[Epidemiological surveillance for infectious diseases and humanitarian emergencies].
A disaster both natural and man made is managed in time according to separate phases that respond to specific requirements and needs. In the late and post emergency phases problems of public health are priority and in particular the identification and containment of epidemic clusters. Epidemiological surveillance is the main instrument used and in this paper it is analysed both in theory and in its application in the Italian Red Cross mission in Sri Lanka devastated by the 2004 Tsunami.
Riccardo
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Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy.
Russo
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Scaroni
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E
De Rosa
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AG
Pacini
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A
Nardi
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L
Pacifici
L E
LE
D000533:Altruism; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004190:Disasters; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012011:Red Cross; D013188:Sri Lanka