A History of Success: Investigating and Responding to Public Health Threats Since 1951

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Public Health Infrastructure Center. Division of Workforce Development.
• Description:
  EIS has a 73-year history of success in training disease detectives. EIS officers step up at a moment’s notice to investigate public health threats in the United States and around the world. From the Smallpox Eradication Program in the 1960’s to the COVID-19 pandemic, EIS officers are called on to protect people and save lives.
• Subjects:
  CDC--history Chronology Disease Outbreaks/history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Public Health
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service.
• Genre:
  Chronology
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4aa93631158230d2b7dfef2ce4eebff0a7d561d83f33504ae0dd2f238c78a08d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/154326/cdc_154326_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 632.69 KB ]