Syndromic Surveillance System for MERS-CoV as New Early Warning and Identification Approach

Abstract

This commentary presents a novel outlook for public health authorities in the affected countries to detect and respond quickly to the emerging public health threats such as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Implementing an innovative electronic surveillance system called syndromic surveillance system is essential for global health security.

Keywords:

• syndromic surveillance system
• traditional surveillance system
• Middle East respiratory syndrome

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Syndromic Surveillance System for MERS-CoV as New Early Warning and Identification Approach [Corrigendum]

Acknowledgments

The authors take this opportunity to thank all the WHO personnel as well as reporting countries with confirmed MERS cases for data collection and sending their data to WHO. This article on behalf of Jamal Ahmadzadeh is dedicated to Kazhal Mobaraki for her sincerity, honesty and endeavor in motivating me at any time to conduct the research. This article on behalf of Kazhal Mobaraki is dedicated to Jamal Ahmadzadeh for the care that he gave.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.