U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project

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The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project (BIDS) [1] was a bilateral project undertaken by the Centers For Disease Control in cooperation with the Mexican government (specifically the Mexican Secretariat of Health) to promote bi-national border surveillance relating to the spread of harmful diseases between the two nations as well as to establish regional protocol. [2]

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Beginnings

The development of the project began in 1997. [1] Over a period of three years, a team of officials from both nations constructed an "active, sentinel surveillance system" over a series of 13 clinical sites. [1]

The primary goal of the project was to demonstrate "that a binational effort with local, state, and federal participation can create a regional surveillance system that crosses an international border". [1]

Investigations

The BIDS project conducted investigations of reports concerning an outbreak of dengue fever in Texas and measles in California and Baja California. [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ Weinberg M, Waterman S, Lucas CA, Falcon VC, Morales PK, Lopez LA (January 2003). "The US-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project" . Retrieved May 12, 2011.
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