Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Capacity of Public Health Surveillance to Comply with Revised International Health Regulations, USA

Kia E. Armstrong

, Scott J. N. McNabb, Lisa D. Ferland, Tim Stephens, Anna Muldoon, Jose A. Fernandez, and Stephen Ostroff

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.E. Armstrong, S.J.N. McNabb); Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta (L.D. Ferland); US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA (T. Stephens, A. Muldoon, J.A. Fernandez); Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (S. Ostroff)

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Proportion of state epidemiologists who use risk assessments to determine whether notification to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is necessary, showing types of algorithms used, United States, 2009. WHO, World Health Organization.

Figure 1. Proportion of state epidemiologists who use risk assessments to determine whether notification to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is necessary, showing types of algorithms used, United States, 2009. WHO, World Health Organization.

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