Abstract

In this proposal,theCaliforniaDepartmentof HealthServices(CDHS), the Universityof California,Berkeley Schoolof PublicHealth(UCBSPH), selectedlocalandcountyhealthdepartmentsa, ndotherpartners requestan additionafliveyears of supportfortheCaliforniaEmergingInfectionsProgram(CaliforniaEIP), whichwas establishedin 1994withsupportfromthe Centersfor DiseasecontrolandPrevention(CDC) and re-fundedin1999.We proposeto implementorcontinueactivebacterial coresurveillanceand related activities(ABCs);activep0pulation-basedlaboratorysurveillancefor foodbornediseasesandrelated activities,(FoodNet);activesurveillanceforrespiratorydiseasesyndromes, developmentof surgecapacity that canassistinflexibleresponsesto newlyemerginginfectiousdiseasethreats;participationin rapid populationsurveys;integratedhepatitissurveillance,includingenhancedsurveillancefor acuteviral hepatitis andforchronicviral hepatitisand liver disease;activesurveillancefor encephalitisof possiblyinfectious etiology;population-basedsurveillanceof unexplainedeathsand criticalillnessesdueto infectious diseasesin previouslyhealthypersons6 monthsto49 years of age;and activitiesdesignedto assess the feasibilityofincorporatingan assessmentof humangenomicriskfactorsintoacutepublichealth investigations.Inaddition,we proposeto continueto: provideappropriatespecimenstoCDC;collaborate withCDC andotherEIP sitesinthe management,analysis,interpretation,andpublicationof datafromEIP projects;providetrainingtoworkingpublichealthprofessionalsandstudentsandfellows;participatein an exchangeprogram;act as a resourcefor statesandotherparts of CaliforniawithoutEIPs;andensure review of variousEIP projectsbyappropriateinstitutionarleviewboards (IRBs)whenevernecessary. The CaliforniaEIP will continueto be administeredbythePublicHealthFoundationEnterprises,Inc..

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Infectious Diseases (CID)
Type
Research Project--Cooperative Agreements (U01)
Project #
3U01CI000309-05S1
Application #
7895261
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCI1-SRC (99))
Program Officer
Messmer, Trudy
Project Start
2004-12-30
Project End
2011-12-29
Budget Start
2009-09-01
Budget End
2011-12-29
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$458,366
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Public Health Foundation Enterprises
Department
Type
DUNS #
082199324
City
City of Industry
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
91746

  Publications

Tejada-Strop, Alexandra; Drobeniuc, Jan; Mixson-Hayden, Tonya et al. (2015) Disparate detection outcomes for anti-HCV IgG and HCV RNA in dried blood spots. J Virol Methods 212:66-70
Sanchez, Melissa A; Scheer, Susan; Shallow, Sue et al. (2014) Epidemiology of the viral hepatitis-HIV syndemic in San Francisco: a collaborative surveillance approach. Public Health Rep 129 Suppl 1:95-101
DuBray, Kara; Anglemyer, Andrew; LaBeaud, A Desiree et al. (2013) Epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of recovery in childhood encephalitis: a hospital-based study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:839-44
Bauer, Heidi M; Wright, Glenn; Chow, Joan (2012) Evidence of human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness in reducing genital warts: an analysis of California public family planning administrative claims data, 2007-2010. Am J Public Health 102:833-5
Nishimura, Amy; Shiono, Patricia; Stier, David et al. (2012) Knowledge of hepatitis B risk factors and prevention practices among individuals chronically infected with hepatitis B in San Francisco, California. J Community Health 37:153-8
Ho, Christine S; Bhatnagar, Julu; Cohen, Adam L et al. (2009) Undiagnosed cases of fatal Clostridium-associated toxic shock in Californian women of childbearing age. Am J Obstet Gynecol 201:459.e1-7