International Circumpolar Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (ICS) (ICS)

Country

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Human media

Regions studied

Keywords

Human health

Updated 2012-07-25

Connect public health laboratories and institutes throughout the circumpolar north for the purposes of monitor infectious diseases of concern. Main gaps: russia

http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dpei/aip/

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1999 -
Data collection: 1999 -
Data processing: 1999 -
Data reporting: 1999 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Email: vog.cdc@1pja

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Human media

Geography

Regions studied: Sweden; Sweden; Sweden; Sweden; Sweden; Sweden; Sweden

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: Rates of infectious diseases by patient age, sex, location,

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: Coordination of data collected. Collects data in the US Arctic (Alaska) Networks: International Circumpolar Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (ICS)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: no