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Outbreak Surveillance

Research Team Develops New Model to Anticipate Disease Outbreaks at 2012 Olympics

A research team led by St. Michael's Hospital's Dr. Kamran Khan is teaming up with British authorities to anticipate and track the risk for an infectious disease outbreak at the Olympics in London this summer. For the first time, experts from around the world are working ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News
Evaluating Efficacy of Control Measures for Disease Outbreaks

The transmission of infectious disease amongst the human population is a complex process which requires advanced, often individual-based, models to capture the space-time details observed in reality. Yong Yang of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan, ...More
July 19, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
A Grid Approach to Pandemic Disease Control

An evaluation of the Public Health Grid (PHGrid) technology during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic could enhance the capabilities of epidemiologists and disease-control agencies when the next emergent disease appears, according to a study published in the International ...More
June 16, 2011
Posted in News
Scabies Outbreak Linked to Nurse's Dirty Compression Glove

A dirty compression glove worn by a healthcare worker is implicated in a scabies outbreak among newborns. In a study appearing in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Barbara G. Ross, of the Department of Infection Prevention and Control at New York-Presbyterian ...More
May 6, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Experts Develop Tool to Predict Course of Haiti's Cholera Outbreak

A new study published online in Annals of Internal Medicine outlines the path of the cholera outbreak in Haiti and identifies immediate strategies for controlling the epidemic. Control strategies are needed, as Haiti is in the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed ...More
March 17, 2011
Posted in News
Program Provides Predictive Surveillance Models for Infectious Disease Outbreak Scenarios

Clara J. Witt, of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center in Silver Spring, Md., and colleagues, report in BMC Public Health that the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Operations (AFHSC-GEIS) ...More
March 7, 2011
Posted in News
Outbreak Detection, Control and Response is Among New Health Promotion Strategy

The National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council has released a draft National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy for public comment. The National Prevention Strategy will include actions that address prevention and promote healthy development and ...More
January 17, 2011
Posted in News
New Data Show Gains in Public Health Preparedness

State and local health departments have made significant progress toward improving public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities, says a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Today's report indicates that our nation is better prepared ...More
September 21, 2010
Posted in News
Legionellosis Outbreak: A Moving Target

Determining the source of an infectious outbreak can be difficult in and of itself, but a moving reservoir adds to the challenges. That's what researchers encountered when investigating cases of Legionnaires' disease that kept presenting in one city in Spain. ...More
August 11, 2010
Posted in News
Electronic Surveillance is Key to HAI Investigation

Electronic surveillance is becoming a critical tool in an infection preventionist's arsenal of tools with which to fight healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs). ICT presents the following case studies to highlight the benefits of using informatics in infection prevention and ...More
July 26, 2010
Posted in Articles