Timeliness of nongovernmental versus governmental global outbreak communications.
To compare the timeliness of nongovernmental and governmental communications of infectious disease outbreaks and evaluate trends for each over time, we investigated the time elapsed from the beginning of an outbreak to public reporting of the event. We found that governmental sources improved the timeliness of public reporting of infectious disease outbreaks during the study period.
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Luke
L
Mondor
John S
JS
Brownstein
Emily
E
Chan
Lawrence C
LC
Madoff
Marjorie P
MP
Pollack
David L
DL
Buckeridge
Timothy F
TF
Brewer
D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006076:Government; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017149:Private Sector; D013997:Time Factors