Disease surveillance methods

OA is a prevalent disease in the workplace with significant impact on health and quality of life. Management of OA is based on a multidisciplinary approach including methods to identify allergens, use of appropriate exposure control methods, education of the workforce and surveillance (air levels and medical). 

Like pesticides, veterinary drugs have an important role to play in reducing disease and suffering but their use has been brought into question by concerns about residues of them in food. The fact that their use can lead to residues in the food supply was recognised rather later than for pesticide residues. Nevertheless, methods of analysis and surveillance for veterinary drug residues are now well established in many parts of the world. 

Probes at Replacement Therapy for Enzyme Deficiency Diseases - Reports on use of immunoglobulin-coated liposomes to introduce enzymes into certain cells iri vitro are promising probes at definitive treatment of deficiency diseases.61, 65 These approaches have potential application to other diseases in which novel methods of packaging must be designed to protect the therapeutic agent from the immune surveillance system and other systems expected to interfere with these and other replacement therapies for which the need is enormous. 

Surveillance of the disease may be particularly relevant as an alternative method to primary prevention in countries that are not able to afford the costs of sustained surveillance programs in shellhsh-farming areas. In such circumstances, detected the first cases of the disease have to be used to adopt prevenhve measures and avoid further cases. At any rate, a minimum public health infrastructure should be available, such as staff with adequate training, and laboratories with staff trained in standard techniques. 

Faster and more complete methods to facilitate access to experts and electronic disease reporting, from the health care provider level to global surveillance. 

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