| Abstract: | Infectious diseases such as influenza and dengue have the potential of becoming a worldwide pandemic that may exert immense pressures on existing medical infrastructures. Careful surveillance of these diseases, supported by consistent model simulations, provides a means for tracking the disease evolution. The integrated surveillance and simulation program is essential in devising effective early warning systems and in implementing efficient emergency preparedness and control measures. This paper presents a summary of simulation analysis on influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Malaysia. This simulation analysis provides insightful lessons regarding how disease surveillance and simulation should be performed in the future. This paper briefly discusses the controversy over the experimental field release of genetically modified (GM) Aedes aegypti mosquito in Malaysia. Model simulations indicate that the proposed release of GM mosquitoes is neither a viable nor a sustainable control strategy. ?? 2011 WIT Press. |
| Genre: | Conference Paper |
| ProdID: | 70036137 |
| Citation Author: | Koh, H. L.; Teh, S. Y.; De Angelis, D. L.; Jiang, J. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | WIT Transactions on the Built Environment |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Infectious diseases: Surveillance, genetic modification and simulation; 2011; Conference Paper; WIT Transactions on the Built Environment; Koh, H. L.; Teh, S. Y.; De Angelis, D. L.; Jiang, J. |
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| Citation Year: | 2011 |
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| Text: | Infectious diseases: Surveillance, genetic modification and simulation; 2011; Conference Paper; WIT Transactions on the Built Environment; Koh, H. L.; Teh, S. Y.; De Angelis, D. L.; Jiang, J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/DMAN110221 |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 2011 00:00 -0600 |
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