Abstract
The thesis provides an understanding of food- and water-borne diseases surveillance and outbreak response in the European Union and investigates possible ways to strengthen related processes and information technology systems.
Four areas of actions were identified: collaboration among experts from the same or different sectors; information technology systems in place and the possibilities to expand their scope and better integrate them; epidemiological methods for detection, reporting and investigation of outbreaks with their challenges and potential new tools to be developed; laboratory methods for detection and investigation of outbreaks, with their limitations and arising new laboratory technologies.
Four areas of actions were identified: collaboration among experts from the same or different sectors; information technology systems in place and the possibilities to expand their scope and better integrate them; epidemiological methods for detection, reporting and investigation of outbreaks with their challenges and potential new tools to be developed; laboratory methods for detection and investigation of outbreaks, with their limitations and arising new laboratory technologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Award date | 6 Jul 2016 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- food- and water-borne diseases
- European Union
- surveillance
- response
