1. Timeliness of data sources / Lynne Dailey -- 2. Simulating and evaluating biosurveillance datasets / Thomas H. Lotze, Galit Shmueli, and Inbal Yahav -- 3. Remote sensing-based modeling of infectious disease transmission / Richard K. Kiang, Farida Adimi, and Radina P. Soebiyanto -- 4. Integrating human capabilities into biosurveillance systems : a study of biosurveillance and situation awareness / Cheryl A. Bolstad ... [et al.] -- 5. The role of zoos in biosurveillance / Julia Chosy, Janice Mladonicky, and Tracey McNamara -- 6. HealthMap / Amy L. Sonricker ... [et al.] -- 7. The role of SMS text messaging to improve public health response / Elizabeth Avery Gomez -- 8. Using prediction markets to forecast infectious diseases / Philip M. Polgreen and Forrest D. Nelson -- 9. The role of data aggregation in public health and food safety surveillance / Artur Dubrawski -- 10. Introduction to China's infectious disease surveillance system / Jin Shuigao and Ma Jiaqi -- 11. Biosurveillance and public health practice : a case study of North Carolina's NC DETECT System / S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels ... [et al.] -- 12. Aberration detection in R illustrated by Danish mortality monitoring / Michael Hh?le and Anne Mazick -- 13. User requirements toward a real-time biosurveillance program / Nuwan Waidyanatha and Suma Prashant -- 14. Using common alerting protocol to support a real-time biosurveillance program in Sri Lanka and India / Gordon A. Gow and Nuwan Waidyanatha -- 15. Navigating the information storm : Web-based global health surveillance in BioCaster / Nigel Collier ... [et al.] -- 16. A snapshot of situation awareness : using the NC DETECT System to monitor the 2007 heat wave / David B. Rein -- 17. Linking detection to effective response / Scott F. Wetterhall, Taha A. Kass-Hout, and David L. Buckeridge.