Systematic Review: Surveillance Systems for Early Detection of Bioterrorism-Related Diseases

View larger version (40K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Search results. The literature describing existing systems for illnesses and syndromes potentially related to bioterrorism and the numbers of peer-reviewed evaluations for each category of surveillance systems are presented. The number of references often exceeds the number of surveillance systems because systems were often described in several reports. Also, several reports provided data about systems of more than 1 surveillance type.

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluation guideline to peer-reviewed reports of surveillance systems.