Infectious Disease Surveillance

Infectious disease surveillance is an important epidemiological tool to monitor disease burden and epidemiology of disease and identify outbreaks and new pathogens. Infectious disease surveillance can have different approaches based on the epidemiology and clinical presentation of the disease, including many traditional forms of surveillance as well as innovative approaches. Dissemination of surveillance data is a critical step toward public health action. It can take many forms from peer-reviewed journals to novel online platforms that decrease the time between data generation and action.