Environmental- and injury-related epidemic-assistance investigations, 1946-2005.

Vaccine-preventable diseases, immunizations, and the Epidemic Intelligence Service.

During 1946-2005, vaccine-preventable diseases were the topic of approximately 20% of all epidemic-assistance investigations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both in the United States and abroad, current and former Epidemic Intelligence Service officers have played a critical role in describing the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases, contributing to development of im...

Examples of applied public health through the work of the Epidemic Intelligence Service officers at CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health: 2006–2015

The Epidemic Intelligence Service officers (EISOs) at the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) respond to public health outbreaks, assist public health surveillance, and recommend public health actions. We summarize the breadth of work done by EISOs assigned to NCEH/ATSDR during 2006-2015. We used the Web of Science, Scopus, an...

Introduction: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epi-Aids--a fond recollection.

The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) has served the United States and the world for >58 years by being an extraordinary apprenticeship in the fundamentals of practical field epidemiology: a training program, a professional entry point, the basis for lifelong careers, and a closely supervised and mentored opportunity for research, analysis, and community service. Epidemic-assistance investiga...

Editorial: epidemic-assistance investigations by the centers for disease control and prevention: the first 60 years.

Epidemic Gastro-enteritis of Infants

are published. The prevalence of this disease and the high mortality often associated with it make it most desirable that further investigations should be undertaken in order, if possible, to determine the etiological cause or causes and to devise methods of prevention and control. It will be, sufficient here to mention a few of the more recent contributions to the study of the general epidemio...