National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
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- National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases
- National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
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| Formed | 2010 |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Parent department | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Website | https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/index.html |
The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) is a national center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the prevention, early detection, and control of infectious disease threats. NCEZID works collaboratively across CDC and with external partners by means of the One Health approach.[1] NCEZID works to protect people from emerging infections, food borne infections, and zoonotic infections (diseases that can jump by means of cross-species transmission from animal to human.[2]
The center was established in its present form in 2010. However, its scientific activities and goals trace back to the earlier history of the CDC.[3] NZEZID was created by the incorporation of parts of its preceding organizations, the National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases and the National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases.[4]
It is one of three CDC centers focusing on infectious disease, along with the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.
NCEZID detects and monitors infectious disease by means of the following examples of its efforts:[5]
- Wastewater surveillance (monitoring wastewater for infectious disease) in the United States
- Working on remedies to the threats of antimicrobial resistance, germs resistant to antimicrobial medications[6] and support global AMR efforts by working with Global Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory and Response Network, the Global Action in Healthcare Network, and PulseNet International.
- Implementing traveler-based genomic surveillance at strategic ports for the early warning as well as mitigation of infectious diseases.