Emerging Infectious Diseases Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance

Outbreaks over the last decade illustrate that emerging infectious diseases (EID) remain a serious public health threat. The resurgence of some EID is particularly alarming because previously effective forms of control are breaking down. This report examines America's surveillance network & focuses on the contribution of laboratories, since new technology gives them an increasingly important role in identifying pathogens & the sources of outbreaks. The report: determines the extent to which states conduct public health surveillance & laboratory testing of selected EID; & identifies the problems state public health officials face in gathering laboratory-related data in the surveillance of EID.Toiv, Helene is the author of 'Emerging Infectious Diseases Consensus on Needed Laboratory Capacity Could Strengthen Surveillance' with ISBN 9780756700294 and ISBN 0756700299.