Emerging Infectious Diseases: A CDC Perspective
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Emerging infectious diseases: a CDC perspective.
Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has set four goals for the agency to accomplish. Each is directly related to issues being discussed at the 2000 ICEID conference. The first goal is to strengthen the science base for public health action. The second goal is to collaborate with healthcare partners for disease prevention; it is essential that in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0707.017702