Kurt Jerke - Storming Media

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in the AFHSC-GEIS Network

Jan 2011

9 pages

Authors: William G Meyer; Julie A Pavlin; Duane Hospenthal; Clinton K Murray; Kurt Jerke; Anthony Hawksworth; David Metzgar; Todd Myers; Douglas Walsh; Max Wu; ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD

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International infectious disease surveillance has been conducted by the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD) for many years and has been consolidated within the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (AFHSC-GEIS) since 1998. This includes activities that monitor the presence of antimicrobial resistance among pathogens. AFHSC-GEIS partners work within DoD military treatment facilities and collaborate with host-nation civilian and military clinics, ...