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Airport exit and entry screening for Ebola - August-November 10, 2014
Brown CM , Aranas AE , Benenson GA , Brunette G , Cetron M , Chen TH , Cohen NJ , Diaz P , Haber Y , Hale CR , Holton K , Kohl K , Le AW , Palumbo GJ , Pearson K , Phares CR , Alvarado-Ramy F , Roohi S , Rotz LD , Tappero J , Washburn FM , Watkins J , Pesik N . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014 63 (49) 1163-7 In response to the largest recognized Ebola virus disease epidemic now occurring in West Africa, the governments of affected countries, CDC, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other international organizations have collaborated to implement strategies to control spread of the virus. One strategy recommended by WHO calls for countries with Ebola transmission to screen all persons exiting the country for "unexplained febrile illness consistent with potential Ebola infection." Exit screening at points of departure is intended to reduce the likelihood of international spread of the virus. To initiate this strategy, CDC, WHO, and other global partners were invited by the ministries of health of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to assist them in developing and implementing exit screening procedures. Since the program began in August 2014, an estimated 80,000 travelers, of whom approximately 12,000 were en route to the United States, have departed by air from the three countries with Ebola transmission. Procedures were implemented to deny boarding to ill travelers and persons who reported a high risk for exposure to Ebola; no international air traveler from these countries has been reported as symptomatic with Ebola during travel since these procedures were implemented. |
Summary of notifiable diseases - United States, 2012
Adams DA , Jajosky RA , Ajani U , Kriseman J , Sharp P , Onwen DH , Schley AW , Anderson WJ , Grigoryan A , Aranas AE , Wodajo MS , Abellera JP . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014 61 (53) 1-121 The Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States, 2012 contains the official statistics, in tabular and graphic form, for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable infectious diseases in the United States for 2012. Unless otherwise noted, the data are final totals for 2012 reported as of June 30, 2013. These statistics are collected and compiled from reports sent by state health departments and territories to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), which is operated by CDC in collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). |
Findings from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' 2008 assessment of state reportable and nationally notifiable conditions in the United States and considerations for the future
Jajosky R , Rey A , Park M , Aranas A , Macdonald S , Ferland L . J Public Health Manag Pract 2011 17 (3) 255-264 CONTEXT: The State Reportable Conditions Assessment (SRCA) is an annual assessment of reporting requirements for reportable public health conditions. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have gained valuable experience in developing a centralized repository of information about reportable conditions across US states and territories. OBJECTIVE: This study examines the reporting status in states of nationally notifiable conditions used to inform public health and national surveillance initiatives. DESIGN: Conditions included in SRCA are updated annually by using a Web-based tool created by the CSTE. SETTING: SRCA information for 2008 was reported from all US states, 2 cities, and 4 territories. PARTICIPANTS: Respondents included state or territorial epidemiologists (or designees) for reporting jurisdictions. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Conditions were classified as explicitly reportable, implicitly reportable, or not reportable. Results were tabulated to determine reporting statistics for the conditions nationwide. RESULTS: The SRCA included 101 conditions recommended for national notification: 93 (92%) were infectious conditions, and 8 (8%) were other (noninfectious or crosscutting) conditions. Of nationally notifiable infectious conditions, 61 (66%) were explicitly reportable in 90% or more jurisdictions; only 2 (25%) noninfectious or crosscutting nationally notifiable conditions were explicitly reportable in 90% or more jurisdictions. Furthermore, 3 nationally notifiable infectious conditions were explicitly reportable in less than 70% of jurisdictions. CONCLUSIONS: Although most nationally notifiable conditions were explicitly reportable, we found that many of these conditions have implicit reporting authority in states. As notifiable condition surveillance moves toward an informatics-driven approach, automated electronic case-detection systems will need explicit information about what conditions are reportable. Future work should address the feasibility of standardizing the format of reportable disease lists and nomenclature used to facilitate data aggregation and interpretation across states. |
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