Includes bibliographical references and index.

Surveillance as a foundation for infectious disease prevention and control / Nkuchia M. M'ikanatha and John K. Iskander -- The legal basis for public health surveillance / Gail Horlick and Jean O'Connor -- National, state, and local public health surveillance systems / Ruth A. Jajosky and Jennifer Ward -- Quarantine and the role of surveillance in nineteenth-century public health / David S. Barnes -- Surveillance for vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization / Daniel Payne -- Surveillance for seasonal and novel influenza viruses / Bruno Christian Ciancio and Piotr Kramarz -- Population-based surveillance for bacterial infections of public health importance / Lee H. Harrison and Gayle Fischer Langley -- Surveillance for foodborne diseases / Elaine Scallan and Casey Barton Behravesh -- Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections / Lennox K. Archibald and Theresa J. McCann -- Surveillance for zoonotic diseases / Linda Capewell Pimentel and Ethel V.Taylor -- Surveillance of viral hepatitis infections / Daniel R. Church, Gillian A. Haney, Monina Klevens, Alfred DeMaria Jr -- Surveillance for sexually transmitted diseases / Elizabeth Torrone and Kyle Bernstein -- Surveillance for HIV/AIDS / Eve D. Mokotoff and James J. Gibson -- Public health surveillance for tuberculosis / Lori R. Armstrong and Roque Miramontes -- Analysis and interpretation of surveillance data / Louisa E. Chapman and James N. Tyson -- Global surveillance for emerging infectious diseases / Jennifer Nuzzo -- Infectious diseases surveillance and global security / David L. Blazes and Sheri Lewis -- Electronic information systems in surveillance : the national electronic disease surveillance system / Eric Brenner -- Electronic information systems in surveillance : electronic laboratory reporting / Richard S. Hopkins and Nkuchia M. M'ikanatha -- Use of geographic information systems in infectious disease surveillance / Rebecca J. Eisen and Lars Eisen -- Communication of surveillance findings / Brian G. Southwell and Bridget J. Kelly -- Lessons learned in epidemiology and surveillance training in New York City / Elizabeth Chuang and Carolyn Greene.