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Epidemiology and Surveillance of Emerging Infections
June 8, 2006
Program Description:
Avian flu is the most prominent zoonotic infection that threatens the public's health today. Recent decades have seen the emergence of many new infectious diseases in humans, and the continued expansion of the worldwide human population into the surrounding environment, combined with ever increasing globalization, ensures that we will see many other infections emerge in the coming years.
Speakers:
with Stephen S. Morse, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:
- Describe how emerging infectious diseases may originate from zoonotic or ecological sources.
- List systems in place for global surveillance of infectious diseases.
- List at least three major zoonoses of recent public health concern.
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Who Should Attend:
National audience of state and local public health professionals and their partners (e.g., healthcare professionals, EMS personnel, law enforcement, media representatives, etc). Public health and health care professionals concerned with emerging infections, zoonoses, bioterrorism, emergency preparedness, epidemiology, communicable disease control, surveillance, and vaccine production, working at the local, state, and national level.
June 8, 2006 10-11 AM EDT Rebroadcast Time:
4-5 PM EDT
These projects are supported under a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Grant number U90/CCU224249-02. The contents of this program do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.
