T(ChDe CT)enanedss1e0e oDtheprarstmatenst inofthHeeCalDthC'ws ilElmpaertgicinipgateInfwecitihonthsePCroegnrtaemrs. fTorheDilsoenags-eteCrmontorbojlecatnivdesPreovfetnhtisonproject are to provide a national resource for surveillance, prevention and control of emerging infectiousdiseases. This will include projects that utilize the population-based surveillance and structure of the EIP andallow it to address new, emerging and urgent infectious disease threats in the United States. Other long-termobjectives include training residents, fellows, public health staff and laboratorians and developing newprevention strategies.
Specific aims for this 5-year funding cycle include monitoring important emerginginfectious diseases such as invasive meningococcal, pneumococcal, 1t. influenzae and groups A and Bstreptococcal infections as well as foodbome illnesses such as E. cell O157:H7, Salmonella, Shigella,Campylobacter and Listeria over time in a population-based active surveillance program. Also specificapplied public health research will be undertaken including evaluating the impact of new preventionrecommendations on the rates of early-onset group B streptococcal infections using a retrospective cohortstudy design, conducting a case-control study of vaccine effectiveness of the new meningococcal vaccine,completing data analysis of case-control studies of Campylobacter and Salmonella infections in infants anddescribing the epidemiology and etiology of severe community-acquired pneumonia in patients admitted tothe intensive care unit. Other projects will include the development of methods to extract hospital dischargedata for lower respiratory tract infections, surveillance for children admitted with influenza as well as anevaluation of the usefulness of hospital discharge data in identifying Guillain-Barr6 Syndrome. A study of theetiology of unexplained encephalitis in Tennessee utilizing state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and a three-statecollaboration will also be continued. The projects planned for the Tennessee Emerging Infections Programwill provide important surveillance and research results that will improve the health of Tennesseans and serveas an important national resource for monitoring and control of emerging infectious diseases.
