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TickNET-A Collaborative Public Health Approach to Tickborne Disease Surveillance and Research

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;21(9):1574-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2109.150301.

Abstract

TickNET, a public health network, was created in 2007 to foster greater collaboration between state health departments, academic centers, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on surveillance and prevention of tickborne diseases. Research activities are conducted through the Emerging Infections Program and include laboratory surveys, high-quality prevention trials, and pathogen discovery.

Keywords: EIP; Emerging Infections Program; Lyme disease; Ticks; anaplasmosis; babesiosis; bacteria; ehrlichiosis; parasites; prevention; surveillance; tickborne disease; viruses.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
  • Communicable Disease Control / standards
  • Community Networks / organization & administration
  • Community Networks / standards
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Humans
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Research Design
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / prevention & control
  • Ticks
  • United States / epidemiology