Epidemic Intelligence Service
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The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a specialized training and response program that develops disease detectives who investigate and control outbreaks and other public health threats in the United States and abroad.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epidemic Intelligence Service canonical | 4 |
| CDC disease detective program | 1 |
| Epidemic Intelligence Service training program | 1 |
| Epidemiological Intelligence Service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435365 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epidemic Intelligence Service Context triple: [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, notableProgram, Epidemic Intelligence Service]
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A.
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics is a research center focused on understanding, modeling, and controlling infectious disease transmission and outbreaks.
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B.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
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C.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is a U.S. federal office within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for leading the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for, response to, and recovery from emergencies and disasters.
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D.
Fogarty International Center
Fogarty International Center is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health that supports and advances global health research and training, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
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E.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is a U.S. federal biomedical research agency that leads research and policy on infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epidemic Intelligence Service Target entity description: The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a specialized training and response program that develops disease detectives who investigate and control outbreaks and other public health threats in the United States and abroad.
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A.
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics is a research center focused on understanding, modeling, and controlling infectious disease transmission and outbreaks.
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B.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
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C.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is a U.S. federal office within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for leading the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for, response to, and recovery from emergencies and disasters.
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D.
Fogarty International Center
Fogarty International Center is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health that supports and advances global health research and training, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
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E.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is a U.S. federal biomedical research agency that leads research and policy on infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
applied epidemiology training program
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disease surveillance program ⓘ public health training program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Epidemic Intelligence Service
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surface form:
CDC disease detective program
EIS ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
applied epidemiology
ⓘ
disease surveillance ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ outbreak investigation ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bioterrorism-related events
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chronic disease investigations ⓘ emerging infectious diseases ⓘ environmental health threats ⓘ global health security ⓘ infectious disease outbreaks ⓘ injury epidemiology ⓘ vaccine-preventable diseases ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Alexander D. Langmuir ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
emergency public health response
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epidemiologic analysis ⓘ field investigations ⓘ scientific communication and publication ⓘ surveillance system evaluation ⓘ |
| inception | 1951 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
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| notableFor |
contributions to major outbreak responses in the United States
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rapid deployment of disease detectives ⓘ training leaders in public health epidemiology ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| partOf |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ⓘ
surface form:
CDC Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
|
| programLength | 2 years ⓘ |
| purpose |
investigate disease outbreaks
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protect population health in the United States and abroad ⓘ strengthen public health response capacity ⓘ support disease surveillance and control ⓘ train epidemiologists in applied field epidemiology ⓘ |
| recruitsFrom |
doctoral-level scientists
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nurses ⓘ other health professionals ⓘ physicians ⓘ veterinarians ⓘ |
| traineeTitle | EIS officer ⓘ |
| trainingType |
field-based epidemiology training
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on-the-job training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Epidemic Intelligence Service Description of subject: The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a specialized training and response program that develops disease detectives who investigate and control outbreaks and other public health threats in the United States and abroad.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CDC disease detective program
this entity surface form:
Epidemic Intelligence Service training program
this entity surface form:
Epidemiological Intelligence Service