In the current world climate of acute concern surrounding potential bioterrorism attacks, there is a call for increasingly sophisticated surveillance systems that will alert us to possible outbreaks of disease or contamination. Spatial and Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health is the first text to provide a survey of the state of the art in public health syndromic surveillance.
The early detection of adverse disease outcomes is now an important capability of online public health surveillance systems. This volume lends particular focus to spatial surveillance, where disease maps are examined in conjunction with other data streams. Diverse statistical and data mining research from the main contributors to this fast growing area of concern have been gathered together; with statistical material ranging from process control and conventional temporal surveillance to advanced generalised linear mixed modelling and Bayesian hierarchical models.
Spatial and Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health is accessible to those in academia, public service and commerce alike. Epidemiologists, public health workers, statisticians, health planners or military personnel will all find the in-depth examination of these cutting edge techniques invaluable.
Andrew Lawson, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, USA
Andrew has published many papers in leading journals, and a number of books on spatial statistics, including four for Wiley.
Ken Kleinman, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Ken is an epidemiologist who specializes in disease surveillance, and has recently worked on projects modeling the spread of anthrax following a potential terrorist attack.