When global becomes local: Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games international communicable disease surveillance
The 21st Commonwealth Games (the Games) was hosted on the Gold Coast, Australia in April 2018. With a large number of international travellers congregating at the mass gathering, it was important to monitor international communicable disease outbreaks with potential to be imported into Australia. Th...
Main Authors: | Kaitlyn Miranda Vette, Patiyan Andersson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of New South Wales
2019-02-01
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Series: | Global Biosecurity |
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Online Access: | https://jglobalbiosecurity.com/articles/6 |
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