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

  1. Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS;
  2. Kathryn M. McDonald, MM;
  3. Wendy M. Smith, BA;
  4. Chara Rydzak, BA;
  5. Herbert Szeto, MD, MS, MPH;
  6. David L. Buckeridge, MD, MSc;
  7. Corinna Haberland, MD; and
  8. Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS
  1. From the University of California, San Francisco–Stanford Evidence-based Practice Center and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California; and Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, California.
    1. Figure 1. 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:
        Figure 1. 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. Search results.
      • Figure 2.
        View larger version:
          Figure 2. Application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluation guideline to peer-reviewed reports of surveillance systems.
        « Previous | Next Article »Table of Contents