title: PulseNet China, a model for future laboratory-based bacterial infectious disease surveillance in China.
abstract: Surveillance is critical for the prevention and control of infectious disease. China's real-time web-based infectious disease reporting system is a distinguished achievement. However, many aspects of the current China Infectious Disease Surveillance System do not yet meet the demand for timely outbreak detection and identification of emerging infectious disease. PulseNet, the national molecular typing network for foodborne disease surveillance was first established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States in 1995 and has proven valuable in the early detection of outbreaks and tracing the pathogen source. Since 2001, the China CDC laboratory for bacterial pathogen analysis has been a member of the PulseNet International family; and has been adapting the idea and methodology of PulseNet to develop a model for a future national laboratory-based surveillance system for all bacterial infectious disease.We summarized the development progress for the PulseNet China system and discussed it as a model for the future of China's national laboratory-based surveillance system.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing 100026, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jinghua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Haijian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yiqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhujun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Changyun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing / Q000379:methods; D038542:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D040442:Public Health Informatics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000302:isolation & purification