NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012
Waterborne Diseases and Water Safety
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 waterborne diseases and water safety.
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Overview of NCEZID's work on waterborne diseases and water safety
Stories that spotlight waterborne diseases and water safety
- What's in the water? "Water Lab's" ultrafiltration technique helps ensure safety (identifying biothreat agents in water) [page 33]
- Training trainers in Haiti to respond to cholera [page 38]
- Answering a call for help from Zambia (typhoid fever) [page 40]
- Critical support directed at critical needs (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement [ELC]) needs [page 50]
- CDC's "Water Lab" leads quest to find V. cholerae in Haiti [page 87]
- Packaging prevention pays off (water-borne disease prevention package) [page 88]
- Novel video contest helps swimmers stay healthy (recreational water illness) [page 89]
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