Concept of epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases.
1968
K Raska
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D003140
Communicable Disease Control
Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.
Flatten the Curve of Epidemic,Flattening the Curve, Communicable Disease Control,Parasite Control,Control, Communicable Disease,Control, Parasite
D003141
Communicable Diseases
An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014944
World Health Organization
A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.