Syndromic Surveillance: Early Warning Systems for Monitoring Emerging Outbreaks of Health Events from Either Natural Causes or from Bioterrorists

Abstract

Biodefense, as defined in Wikipedia, refers to short term local measures designed to restore biosecurity to a collection of people in a given area, who are subjected to biological warfare. While the US Department of Defense had originally focused on applications of vaccines to fight pathogens in the environment, its scope has expanded to include protection of water and food supplies.