Emerging Infections Program:
ABCs and FoodNet

The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is a population-based network of 10 state health departments and collaborators in local health departments, academic institutions, other federal agencies, and public health and clinical laboratories; infection control professionals; and healthcare providers.

EIP consists of a broad spectrum of research and surveillance activities:

• Invasive Bacterial Diseases
  • Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs),
• Foodborne Diseases
  • Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet),
• Unexplained Deaths,
• and many other related projects.

EIP Newsletters

• FoodNet News
  FoodNet News published to provide updates about FoodNet activities, accomplishments, and plans for the future.
  
  
• Disease Control Newsletter (DCN)
  The Disease Control Newsletter (DCN) is sent to every licensed physician in Minnesota, and includes one issue each year devoted to the annual summary of communicable diseases reported in MN.
  
  
• BugBytes
  Bug Bytes provides bimonthly updates on disease outbreaks and general goings-on in communicable diseases, public health and microbiology.
  

More about EIP

• CDC: About The Emerging Infections Program
  
  
• CDC: About FoodNet
  
  
• CDC: About ABCs

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