Before revision: The transition to electronic waterborne disease outbreak reporting is in large part a response to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) position statement titled “Improving Detection, Investigation, and Reporting of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks.” Separate sections in NORS for enteric person-to-person and zoonotic disease outbreak reports are intended to enhance the information available to quantify, describe and understand these types of outbreaks at a national level.
After revision: The transition to electronic waterborne disease outbreak reporting is in large part a response to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) position statement titled “Improving Detection, Investigation, and Reporting of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks.” Separate sections in NORS for enteric person-to-person and animal-to-person disease outbreak reports are intended to enhance the information available to quantify, describe and understand these types of outbreaks at a national level.