Conducting Traceback Investigations

Topic: 
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format: 
Informational Brief
Time: 
40 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This issue of FOCUS offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health covers the basics of conducting a traceback investigation, a process used to determine the production and distribution chain of a vehicle implicated as the source of an outbreak.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Describe the basic steps of conducting a traceback investigation
  • Identify when it is appropriate to conduct a trackeback investigation
  • Provide examples of recent outbreak investigations that have used traceback investigations
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation