Timeliness of Nongovernmental versus Governmental Global Outbreak Communications

Authors :: Marjorie P. Pollack
David L. Buckeridge
Lawrence C. Madoff
Emily H. Chan
Luke Mondor
John S. Brownstein
Timothy F. Brewer
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 7, Pp 1184-1187 (2012)
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012.
Abstract: To compare the timeliness of nongovernmental and governmental communications of infectious disease outbreaks and evaluate trends for each over time, we investigated the time elapsed from the beginning of an outbreak to public reporting of the event. We found that governmental sources improved the timeliness of public reporting of infectious disease outbreaks during the study period.

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