title: Why a burden of disease study?
abstract: From the time I was appointed as Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in 2005, I and the ECDC Governing and Advisory Bodies faced the task of tackling the 46 diseases under mandatory notification in the European Union (EU), as well as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza and West Nile virus.
authors: Zsuzsanna
authors: Z
authors: Jakab
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000379:methods*; D005062:European Union / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*