NCEZID Work and Accomplishments 2014

Outbreaks:

• Multistate outbreak of Salmonella[page 2]
• Environmental mold infections in hospitals[page 2]
• Q fever at a dairy[page 2]
• Monkeypox investigation uses new technology[page 3]
• Contaminated equipment in hospitals[page 3]
• Investigating infections in a California NICU[page 3]
• Outbreak of botulism in Texas[page 3]

Food:

• First-time access to Salmonella data[page 4]
• Germ-free chicken in every pot[page 4]

Bugs:

• Chikungunya knocking down the door[page 5]
• The newly discovered Bourbon virus[page 5]

Ebola:

• NCEZID in action: Responding to Ebola[page 6]
• Mary Joung Won Choi: Building infection control in Guinea from the ground up[page 6]
• Abbigail Tumpey: Training our nation’s healthcare workers to fight Ebola[page 7]
• Tiffany Walker: Keeping heroes safe in Sierra Leone[page 7]

Healthcare:

• Tracking and improving antibiotic use[page 8]
• Targeting prevention to protect patients from healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)[page 8]

Border & Global Health:

• Protecting health at the borders[page 9]
• A model for global health security[page 9]

Capacity & Innovation:

• Innovative sequencing quickly solves a Salmonella outbreak[page 10]
• Strengthening state and local capacity[page 10]

What's Ahead in 2015:

• Defusing an urgent health threat: Antibiotic resistance[page 11]