NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012
Providing Laboratory Science
Infectious diseases can be found everywhere, and NCEZID is engaged in preventing, tracking, detecting, and responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases throughout the United States and the world. Selected information and NCEZID activities are highlighted in this report.
The links below reference sections of NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012 with information about providing laboratory science.
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Overview of NCEZID's work providing laboratory science
Stories that spotlight specific topics in laboratory science
Antimicrobial-resistance
Foodborne diseases
- PulseNet at work—detecting hazardous hazelnuts (E. coli) [page 26]
- Bioinformatics—Accelerating detection and analysis in the laboratory (MicrobeNet reference database for genetic identification of infectious pathogens) [page 28]
- The cantaloupe crisis (Listeria) [page 71]
Fungal diseases
- Tornado survivors battle deadly fungus in Joplin, Missouri (mucormycosis) [page 20]
- A new strategy to reduce deaths due to Cryptococcus [page 41]
Global migration and quarantine
Highly pathogenic organisms
- What is this? NCEZID's "path lab" helps find the answer (identifying previously unrecognized or highly lethal infectious agents) [page 27]
- A medical victory remains a medical mystery (anthrax) [page 34]
- Using disease prevention know-how to reduce deadly Ebola [page 42]
- Less is more—new hope for a neglected disease (rabies) [page 53]
- Bizarre bits (smallpox) [page 81]
Vector-borne diseases
- The plague dipstick--bringing the laboratory to the bedside [page 25]
- Multitasking in the lab--equipment that diagnoses flu can now be used to diagnose dengue [page 29]
- Fighting ticks and mosquitoes, naturally (natural repellent) [page 74]
- Developing a vaccine (dengue) [page 76]
Water-borne diseases
- What's in the water? "Water Lab's" ultrafiltration technique helps ensure safety (identifying biothreat agents in water) [page 33]
- Answering a call for help from Zambia (typhoid fever) [page 40]
- CDC's "Water Lab" leads quest to find V. cholerae in Haiti [page 87]
Multiple areas / Other
- Providing essential support to laboratories throughout CDC (DSR) [page 29]
- A powerful network of laboratories to detect and respond to threats (Laboratory Response Network) [page 31]
- Critical support directed at critical needs (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement [ELC]) needs [page 50]
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