Emerging Infectious Diseases: Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance

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Year: 1999
Pages: 80
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756700299

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Helene Toiv (au); Cheryl Williams (au). Outbreaks over the last decade illustrate that emerging infectious diseases (EID) remain a serious public health threat. The resurgence of some EID is particularly alarming because previously effective forms of control are breaking down. This report examines America’s surveillance network & focuses on the contribution of laboratories, since new technology gives them an increasingly important role in identifying pathogens & the sources of outbreaks. The report: determines the extent to which states conduct public health surveillance & laboratory testing of selected EID; & identifies the problems state public health officials face in gathering laboratory-related data in the surveillance of EID.

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