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Informing U.S. Federal Public Health Preparation for Emerging Virus Pandemic Threats at Ports of Entry
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The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) has the responsibility to integrate, analyze, and share the nationÃs biosurveillance information provided from capabilities distributed across the public and private sectors. The integration of… read more -
An Analysis of the Health Hazards Posed by a Surge of Unaccompanied Alien Children to the Lower Rio Grande Valley Border
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Unaccompanied alien children (UAC) are undocumented migrant children who come to the United States unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. The number apprehended UACs originating from the Central America counties of El Salvador, Guatemala, and… read more -
An Analysis of the International and Domestic Health Hazards Posed by the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak
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An epidemic of ebolavirus in West Africa, which was first identified in March 2014, is now the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak on record. On 8 August 2014, the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of… read more -
Product Landscape of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Pathogens
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As the lead for coordinating domestic incident management across all Federal departments and agencies, Department of Homeland Security is responsible for identifying emergency response resources. The 2014 Ebola – Zaire outbreak in West Africa that… read more -
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Health Surveillance at U.S. Air Travel Ports of Entry: Perspective From Within the Department of Homeland Security
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The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) has the responsibility to integrate, analyze, and share the nation’s biosurveillance information provided from capabilities distributed across public and private sectors. The integration of… read more