The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance
In 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mexican Secretariat of Health, and border health officials began the development of the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) project, a surveillance system for infectious diseases along the U.S.-Mexico border. During a 3-year peri...
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| author | Michelle Weinberg Stephen Waterman Carlos Alvarez Lucas Veronica Carrion Falcon Pablo Kuri Morales Luis Anaya Lopez Chris Peter Alejandro Escobar Gutiérrez Ernesto Ramirez Gonzalez Ana Flisser Ralph Bryan Enrique Navarro Valle Alfonso Rodriguez Gerardo Alvarez Hernandez Cecilia Rosales Javier Arias Ortiz Michael Landen Hugo Vilchis Julie Rawlings Francisco Lopez Leal Luis Ortega Elaine Flagg Roberto Tapia Conyer Martin S. Cetron |
| author_facet | Michelle Weinberg Stephen Waterman Carlos Alvarez Lucas Veronica Carrion Falcon Pablo Kuri Morales Luis Anaya Lopez Chris Peter Alejandro Escobar Gutiérrez Ernesto Ramirez Gonzalez Ana Flisser Ralph Bryan Enrique Navarro Valle Alfonso Rodriguez Gerardo Alvarez Hernandez Cecilia Rosales Javier Arias Ortiz Michael Landen Hugo Vilchis Julie Rawlings Francisco Lopez Leal Luis Ortega Elaine Flagg Roberto Tapia Conyer Martin S. Cetron |
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| description | In 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mexican Secretariat of Health, and border health officials began the development of the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) project, a surveillance system for infectious diseases along the U.S.-Mexico border. During a 3-year period, a binational team implemented an active, sentinel surveillance system for hepatitis and febrile exanthems at 13 clinical sites. The network developed surveillance protocols, trained nine surveillance coordinators, established serologic testing at four Mexican border laboratories, and created agreements for data sharing and notification of selected diseases and outbreaks. BIDS facilitated investigations of dengue fever in Texas-Tamaulipas and measles in California–Baja California. BIDS demonstrates that a binational effort with local, state, and federal participation can create a regional surveillance system that crosses an international border. Reducing administrative, infrastructure, and political barriers to cross-border public health collaboration will enhance the effectiveness of disease prevention projects such as BIDS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bebd15559054aa38135da7cbd7219532022-12-22T03:37:38ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592003-01-01919710210.3201/eid0901.020047The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border SurveillanceMichelle WeinbergStephen WatermanCarlos Alvarez LucasVeronica Carrion FalconPablo Kuri MoralesLuis Anaya LopezChris PeterAlejandro Escobar GutiérrezErnesto Ramirez GonzalezAna FlisserRalph BryanEnrique Navarro ValleAlfonso RodriguezGerardo Alvarez HernandezCecilia RosalesJavier Arias OrtizMichael LandenHugo VilchisJulie RawlingsFrancisco Lopez LealLuis OrtegaElaine FlaggRoberto Tapia ConyerMartin S. CetronIn 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mexican Secretariat of Health, and border health officials began the development of the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) project, a surveillance system for infectious diseases along the U.S.-Mexico border. During a 3-year period, a binational team implemented an active, sentinel surveillance system for hepatitis and febrile exanthems at 13 clinical sites. The network developed surveillance protocols, trained nine surveillance coordinators, established serologic testing at four Mexican border laboratories, and created agreements for data sharing and notification of selected diseases and outbreaks. BIDS facilitated investigations of dengue fever in Texas-Tamaulipas and measles in California–Baja California. BIDS demonstrates that a binational effort with local, state, and federal participation can create a regional surveillance system that crosses an international border. Reducing administrative, infrastructure, and political barriers to cross-border public health collaboration will enhance the effectiveness of disease prevention projects such as BIDS.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0047_articleborder healthMexicosouthwestern United Statessentinel surveillancecommunicable diseaseshepatitis |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Weinberg Stephen Waterman Carlos Alvarez Lucas Veronica Carrion Falcon Pablo Kuri Morales Luis Anaya Lopez Chris Peter Alejandro Escobar Gutiérrez Ernesto Ramirez Gonzalez Ana Flisser Ralph Bryan Enrique Navarro Valle Alfonso Rodriguez Gerardo Alvarez Hernandez Cecilia Rosales Javier Arias Ortiz Michael Landen Hugo Vilchis Julie Rawlings Francisco Lopez Leal Luis Ortega Elaine Flagg Roberto Tapia Conyer Martin S. Cetron The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance Emerging Infectious Diseases border health Mexico southwestern United States sentinel surveillance communicable diseases hepatitis |
| title | The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance |
| title_full | The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance |
| title_fullStr | The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance |
| title_short | The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance |
| title_sort | u s mexico border infectious disease surveillance project establishing binational border surveillance |
| topic | border health Mexico southwestern United States sentinel surveillance communicable diseases hepatitis |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0047_article |
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