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CDC

Meaning in public health & epidemiology, with examples

/ˌsiː diː ˈsiː/abbreviationCommon term

In public health & epidemiology, CDC means: Short for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national public health agency of the United States, based in Atlanta.

In Turkish: ABD Hastalık Kontrol ve Önleme Merkezleri

How it is used

Its guidance, data and training materials are read around the world. Other agencies use similar names, such as the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) in Stockholm and Africa CDC. Both 'CDC' and 'the CDC' are used.

Example sentences

  1. We used the CDC case definition so that our data would be comparable.

  2. The ECDC and the CDC both published risk assessments on the new variant.

Common collocations

  • CDC guidance
  • CDC data
  • ECDC
  • Africa CDC
  • WHOShort for the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency for international public health, founded in 1948 and based in Geneva.
  • surveillanceThe continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data, shared in good time so that action can be taken to prevent and control disease.
  • case definitionA standard set of criteria, such as symptoms, lab results, time and place, used to decide whether a person should be counted as a case of a particular disease.
  • International Health RegulationsA legally binding international agreement that sets out how countries and WHO must detect, report and respond to public health risks that may spread across borders.

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