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"The Epidemic Intelligence Service in the United States". Eurosurveillance. 6 (3): 34– 36. doi: 10.2807/esm.06.03.00216-en. PMID 11682711. Wikidata Thacker, S. B. (1 December 2001). "Epidemic Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 50 Years of Training and Service in Applied Epidemiology". American Journal of ...
The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is composed of "boots-on-the-ground disease detectives" who investigate public health problems domestically and globally. [42] When called upon by a governmental body, EIS officers may embark on short-term epidemiological assistance assignments, or "Epi-Aids", to provide technical expertise in containing ...
The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence was established by the Director-General of the World Health Organization and Chancellor of Germany in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference hosted 1,800 people over four days in Atlanta — 13% of them said they later tested positive for the coronavirus.
Alexander Duncan Langmuir (/ ˈ l æ ŋ m j ʊər /; September 12, 1910 – November 22, 1993) was an American epidemiologist who served as Chief Epidemiologist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1949 to 1970, developing the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) as a training program for epidemiologists.
A public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC / f eɪ k / FAYK) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of "an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response", formulated when a situation arises that is ...
It is "prototype developed at the University of Pittsburgh where real-time clinical data from emergency departments within a geographic region can be integrated to provide an instantaneous picture of symptom patterns and early detection of epidemic events." [2] RODS uses a combination of various monitoring tools. [3]
A rare fungal infection thought to mainly occur in the northern Midwest and parts of the Southeast is more common in other parts of the U.S. than expected, new research published Wednesday finds ...