While previous studies inserted the actual counts with fixed outbreak case numbers, our study inserted the actual counts with outbreak case numbers based on the proportion of case distribution of simulated outbreaks.
For example, during the AI outbreaks in 2006 (see Case Study No. 2), MECIDS partners decided to act according to the revised IHR even though the regulations were not being enforced yet (13).
At the same time, CORDS also enriches MECIDS with other networks' experiences and good practices, especially with respect to implementing a "One Health" approach in tangible and rewarding ways and more than in the ad-hoc manner employed in response to the 2006 avian influenza outbreaks in MECIDS countries (Case Study 2).
Case study (Nosocomial pertussis outbreak on the neonatology ward in the AMC in the Netherlands in 2004).
We chose dengue in Brazil as a case study for comparing outbreak definitions for a number of reasons.
As a case study, we use a recent measles outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe, as our basis.
"For our group it's become an interesting case study in how quickly a group can mobilize in the face of an outbreak," Dr. James Collins explains over the phone.
Following the editor's introductory chapter summarizing how outbreaks are investigated, 19 case studies involving actual infectious disease outbreaks from 1964 to 2006 are described.
Many participants also said they would like the workshop to include interactive activities, such as case studies, outbreak scenarios, and table-top exercises, because as one participant said, "involvement from our own experiences is important to incorporate".
134 pp. ISBN: 978-1-84755-956-2, $79.95 Outheeak Investigations Around the World: Case Studies in Infectious Disease Field Epidemiology Mark Dworkin Boston:Jones & Bartlett, 2010.
