In order to support the Member States in their capacity to respond to outbreak situations related to communicable diseases or diseases of unknown origin, ECDC aims to ensure the rapid mobilization of outbreak assistance teams, whose expertise may include epidemiology, clinical medicine, public health, infection control, etc. Particular attention is also given to the mobilization of microbiology expertise, through the outbreak assistance laboratories network.
ECDC:n tavoitteena on tukea jäsenvaltioita näiden valmiuksissa reagoida tartuntatautien tai alkuperältään tuntemattomien tautien aiheuttamiin epidemioihin. Tätä varten se haluaa varmistaa epidemioita käsittelevien tukiryhmien nopean mobilisoinnin.