The system of epidemiological surveillance as a reflection of the structure of the epidemic process
Cherkasskiĭ, B.L.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 11: 74-78
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 3799116 Document Number: 280411
The socio-ecological concept in epidemiology, formulated by the author in his earlier works and regarding the epidemic process as a biosocial hierarchical, integral system, can serve as a theoretical basis for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious and parasitic diseases. In accordance with the structure of the epidemic process, the system of epidemiological surveillance is subdivided into the following monitoring levels: molecular, microbiological, clinical, biocenological, statistical and sociological. The functions of epidemiological surveillance should be performed by the existing and newly organized All-Union Centers for the corresponding nosological forms.