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. 2014 Apr;58(7):991-6.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cit932. Epub 2014 Jan 7.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America emerging infections network: bridging the gap between clinical infectious diseases and public health

Satish K Pillai  1 , Susan E Beekmann, Scott Santibanez, Philip M Polgreen
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The Infectious Diseases Society of America emerging infections network: bridging the gap between clinical infectious diseases and public health

Satish K Pillai et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention granted a Cooperative Agreement Program award to the Infectious Diseases Society of America to develop a provider-based emerging infections sentinel network, the Emerging Infections Network (EIN). Over the past 17 years, the EIN has evolved into a flexible, nationwide network with membership representing a broad cross-section of infectious disease physicians. The EIN has an active electronic mail conference (listserv) that facilitates communication among infectious disease providers and the public health community, and also sends members periodic queries (short surveys on infectious disease topics) that have addressed numerous topics relevant to both clinical infectious diseases and public health practice. The article reviews how the various functions of EIN contribute to clinical care and public health, identifies opportunities to further link clinical medicine and public health, and describes future directions for the EIN.

Keywords: emerging infectious diseases; infectious diseases physicians; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts.

All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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Emerging Infections Network (EIN) members in the United States and Puerto Rico. This map shows member practice location as determined by practice zip code. The map was created using ArcGIS version 10.1 (Redlands, California) by Michael Lash of the University of Iowa Department of Computer Science. Data sources: EIN, US Census Bureau.
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