Disease surveillance needs a revolution
NaturePublished 1 March 2006Open access
Declan Butler
Citations52
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score18.29
SNIP10.16
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Bird flu has highlighted serious deficiencies in epidemiology and called for urgent action to address these problems.
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Bird flu has highlighted serious deficiencies in epidemiology.
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