Epidemic intelligence activities during major international incidents involving emerging infections

Purpose: To review and describe sources of information used by Public Health England's epidemic intelligence (EI) system during the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, and Zika virus outbreak in the Americas. Outputs from this analysis will be used to refine EI practices to inform risk assessments and policy during future major incidents.

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - January 31, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: C. O ’connor, J. Wilburn, A. Walsh, D. Morgan Tags: 21.071 Source Type: research