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Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Cooperative Agreement Program
Funding Initiated In 1995
FY05 Funding July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 - $615,167
Activities Proposed for FY 05
Antimicrobial Resistance, Food Safety, Hepatitis Prevention and Control, Influenza Surveillance and Response, National Electronic Disease Surveillance System, West Nile Virus, General Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity, and Human Prion Disease Surveillance
Key Performance Indicators
Antimicrobial Resistance
- Promotion of Appropriate Antibiotic Use in the Community.
Food Safety
- Progress towards molecular identification of foodborne parasites and viruses.
Hepatitis Prevention and Control
- DOH and its partners will collaborate to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Influenza Surveillance and Response
- Success will be measured through the correct identification of isolates.
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
- Continue participation in national associations' user groups.
- Effectiveness will be measured through the enhancement of notifiable condition surveillance and disease control capabilities.
West Nile Virus
- Provide WNV testing for 700 or more dead birds throughout the state.
- Obtain WNV test results for symptomatic horses from practitioners and veterinary laboratories while supporting testing for horses that show neurological signs that would not otherwise be tested.
- Identify WNV vector mosquito species from 1,000 mosquito pools and test 100 pools for WNV and other arboviruses.
General Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity
- Timely reports to the CDC's CJD surveillance unit.
Human Prion Disease Surveillance
- Identify other resources and methods to enhance surveillance of prion disease.
- Facilitate timely review of death certificates for possible, probable, and confirmed cases of CJD or other prion disease.
Contact Information and Links
Jude Van Buren, DrPH, MPH, RN, RS
Asst. Secretary for Epidemiology
Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories
Washington Department of Health
1102 SE Quince Street
P.O. Box 47811
Olympia, WA 98504-7811
Washington State Department of Health: http://www.doh.wa.gov/
