Further investigation is needed to determine whether targeting herds with unconfirmed reactors and a history of importing cattle from high risk regions would benefit control efforts.
The centers' expertise includes training in field epidemiology and laboratory methods, surveillance and response for emerging infectious disease threats, assistance with pandemic influenza preparedness, promotion of zoonotic disease investigations and control efforts, risk communications, and laboratory biosafety and improved laboratory systems.
The ability to accurately forecast SLEV epidemics is needed to minimize human health risks and focus vector control efforts.
Identifying human socioeconomic or behavioral risk factors may enable a more refined definition of the highest risk populations for more targeted control efforts.
Thus far, the WHO hasn't integrated risk factors into its TB control efforts.
Numerous ASTMH members have played major roles in addressing the epidemic, including clinicians and epidemiologists working at the front lines of the epidemic at great personal risk, public health authorities guiding control efforts in Africa and elsewhere, and drug and vaccine experts working to rush effective products to the field.
That misstep brought additional scrutiny of the bank's risk controls and compliance efforts.
Understanding the mechanism(s) responsible for adaptation of arboviruses to a new vector may enhance our ability to predict spatial and temporal epidemic risks, and to direct vector control efforts towards specific arthropods, and so will enhance our ability to reduce the incidence of these diseases.
Investment in non-employment based screening, social support, and in treatment completion by persons at high risk of developing TB, may improve control efforts in low-incidence settings.
Analysis of the influence of individual as well as structural risk factors and the impact of control efforts such as screening on MRSA transmission in hospitals is important for planning and evaluation of control programs.
