biosurveillance

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ surveillance

Noun

biosurveillance (uncountable)

  1. The monitoring of the biological environment, as for example to forestall disease.
    • 2007 July 18, Gardiner Harris, “Limited Capacity Is Seen in Flu Defenses”, in New York Times‎:
      “We need to have uniform biosurveillance capability to prepare not only for a pandemic, but any outbreak of infectious disease.”
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