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In Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) received 37 requests from states and other countries to assist in the investigation of local, national, and international outbreaks of infectious diseases, known as Epi-Aids. NCEZID supported health departments’ responses to a variety of other outbreaks of infectious diseases through epidemiological investigations, phone consultations, and technical assistance. Examples of some of the outbreaks NCEZID responded to in FY 2014 are included here.