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Selected Accomplishments of the EIP Network
- Foodborne
pathogens cause an estimated 76 million illnesses, 325,000
hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States
each year. EIP/FoodNet data documented recent declines in
major bacterial foodborne illnesses, including infections
caused by Yersinia, Listeria, Campylobacter, and
Salmonella, at FoodNet sites (see MMWR
2002;51 (15):325-329).
- Since
its emergence in the 1970s, group B streptococcus (GBS)
disease has been the leading invasive bacterial infection
associated with illness and death among newborns in the
United States. Data developed through the EIP/ABCs provided
a basis for revisions to recommendations for the prevention
of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Universal screening
is now recommended. (see MMWR
Recommendations and Reports 2002;51 (RR-11):1-22).
- The
EIP Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses project has
developed methods for evaluating severe syndromes indicating
infection. This enhanced syndrome-based surveillance approach
holds potential for improving laboratory diagnostics.
- The
EIP maintains sufficient flexibility for emergency response
capacity and is able to address new problems as they arise:
- In
1996 a rapid survey of neurologists, neuropathologists,
and pathologists and a review of death certificate data
at EIP sites provided some assurance that variant Creutzfeld
Jacob Disease (vCJD) was not occurring in EIP states
(see MMWR
1996; 45(31):665-668).
- EIP
resources are routinely used to facilitate infectious
disease outbreak investigations (see Jones et al. An
Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused
by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Emerg
Infect Dis 2002; 8(1):82-84.)
- ABCs
established definitive ranges for the age- and serotype-specific
incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease, which contributed
to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice's recommendations
regarding the future use of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
in children.
- The
burden of chronic liver disease (of both viral and nonviral
etiology) in well-defined populations was found to be significantly
higher than previously reported. The estimated incidence
of newly-diagnosed liver disease was 31/100,000 in 1998,
a figure nearly three times the rate found when it was last
measured in 1989.
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