Data Sources and Outputs

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How WBDOSS works. Waterborne disease outbreaks are reported using the NORS system, which then goes into the Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS). The Data is analyzed and then published out with MMWR Surveillance Summaries or other publications. This then informs policies, interventions, applied research and promotion. Then better waterborne disease prevention is hopefully achieved.

Data sources and outputs for the Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS).

Page last reviewed: April 25, 2019
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)