The Global Emerging Infection Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), a U.S. government tool for improved global biosurveillance: a review of 2009

Table 2 Specific examples of central coordination, fiscal year 2009

1.Funding NMRC for development, production and sharing within partner network of rickettsial diagnostic tests
2.Funding USAMRIID for development, production and sharing within partner network of lassa fever and other select agent diagnostic tests
3.Funding BAMC for development, production and sharing within partner network of leptospiral diagnostic tests
4.Facilitation of sample sharing for advanced characterizations
a.Partner H1N1 samples to WRAIR for full-genome sequencing
b.Shipboard outbreak respiratory and serum samples to NHRC for determination of etiology and immune status
5.Facilitation of ongoing discussions and updates on outbreaks among host-country populations and U.S. military beneficiaries in all regions under surveillance
6.Facilitation of brief summaries and updates of activity related to the 2009 pandemic of A/H1N1
a.Provided a forum for case reporting and regional surveillance findings among network labs and near partners within the countries (InstitutPasteur, PAHO, academic partners)

NMRC: Naval Medical Research Center; USAMRIID: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; BAMC: Brooke Army Medical Center; WRAIR: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; PAHO: Pan American Health Organization

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