The team monitored and responded to outbreaks of wildlife - originating diseases, such as the saiga antelope die - off in Kazakhstan and global outbreaks of avian influenza. (morrisanimalfoundation.org)
More than 70 CDC employees are currently working on the ground to help respond to the outbreak in west Africa that has killed more than 1,500 and sickened 3,000. (scientificamerican.com)
Concurrent infections of typhoid and Shigella dysentery have complicated tracking the outbreak, according to Pierre Rollin, a virologist with the Centers for Disease Control, which responded to the outbreak, along with the local ministry of health, the WHO, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Doctors Without Borders. (discovermagazine.com)