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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:880-881
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Letter to the Editor

Epidemiologists: clinging to coat-tails or donning them?

Ben A Lopman1 and Clarence C Tam1,2

1 Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK.
2 Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Ben A Lopman, Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London NW9 5EQ, UK. E-mail: ben.lopman@hpa.org.uk

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Sirs—In 2002, the US Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health disbursed a combined $2.75 billion for biopreparedness and biodefence research.1,2 Investments in epidemiology, particularly for improving pathogen detection and incident response, are already underway. This recent focus on biodefence, however, is not universally welcome. According to Ezra and Mervyn Susser,3 a three-way division is emerging among epidemiologists: those favouring prioritization of biodefence, those who feel that it will divert attention, resources, and expertise from immediate public health problems, and those who suggest pragmatically that such investment can create a ‘coat-tail effect’, eventually benefiting all . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Int. J. Epidemiol., October 1, 2003; 32(5): 881 - 881.
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