NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012
Responding to Outbreaks
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 responding to outbreaks.
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Overview of NCEZID's work in responding to outbreaks
Stories that spotlight specific responses to outbreaks
Foodborne diseases
- Benjamin Silk, CDC disease detective (Listeria) [page 18]
- PulseNet at work—detecting hazardous hazelnuts (E. coli) [page 26]
- Not just chopped liver--New York City's "Team Salmonella" tracks down the source of an outbreak [page 45]
- Tainted turkey—Tracking antimicrobial resistance in food (Salmonella) [page 66]
- Using data to reduce E. coli contamination [page 70]
- The cantaloupe crisis (Listeria) [page 71]
- Targeting Salmonella--A stubborn foodborne infection [page 72]
Fungal diseases
Healthcare-associated infections
- One & Only: Preventing injection errors in healthcare settings (injection safety) [page 22]
- A dangerous—and spreading—infection (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae) [page 65]
Highly pathogenic organisms
- What is this? NCEZID's "path lab" helps find the answer (identifying previously unrecognized or highly lethal infectious agents) [page 27]
- Hungry, hungry hippos (anthrax) [page 54]
- Beware of disease—that can attack your dog! (leptospirosis) [page 79]
- Zebras can have more than stripes (rabies) [page 80]
Vector-borne diseases
- Fighting a real-life "contagion" in the Marshall Islands (dengue) [page 19]
- Oh, give me a home where brown dog ticks don't roam (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) [page 21]
- The summer of our discontent--ArboNET gives state vital information during outbreak of West Nile virus [page 48]
- A dangerous new virus knocking at our door (chikungunya) [page 77]
Waterborne diseases
- Paralysis in the desert—An unprecedented binational outbreak of Guillain-Barré syndrome (binational outbreak) [page 23]
- 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
- Critical support directed at critical needs (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement [ELC]) needs [page 50]
- Cute but contaminated—a cautionary tale about small turtles (Salmonella in pet turtles) [page 56]
- CDC responds to multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections [page 99]
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