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- EIN 58-1857346
- (404) 728-4856
- 1670 Clairmont Rd 5a117 Decatur GA 30033-4004 USA
- www.atlaref.org
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Causes: Biological & Life Sciences, Health
Mission: To facilitate, encourage, and support research and education at the atlanta va medical center and its community based outpatient clinics.
Programs: Emerging infections program-infectious diseases continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality in the united states. The goal of this program is to continue the population-based active surveillance system of the atlanta metropolitan statistical area that will detect and respond to new and emerging infectious diseases, as well as to monitor and investigate the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections.
the study serves as a valuable benchmark for the development of influenza vaccines and provides key insight into the maintenance of immunity to a constantly changing virus. Areas of focus being explored by this study include: virologic surveillance for influenza, monitoring for antiviral-resistance among circulating strains, and evaluation of new diagnostic tests for rapid and bedside detection of influenza.
this is a continuing pilot project to assess the frequency of norovirus hospital admissions and hospital-acquired norovirus. The purpose of the study is to identify the burden of rotavirus in adults and elderly in the post-vaccine era; to identify the strains of rotavirus causing disease in these populations and compare to the broader community using other surveillance datasets and to quantify the burden of norovirus in adults and elderly in anticipation of this group being a potential target group for vaccination.