 A
number of people are sick and no one knows why. The local government
invites CDC to come and investigate. CDC sends a team of disease
detectives to try and discover the cause of the disease outbreak.What
is causing the outbreak? People could be sick from food they ate, water
they drank, or something in their environment. Maybe an insect or animal
bit them. CDC has fact sheets on many diseases and
conditions.
Click here to view them. And
Click here to see CDC's Rabies Web Page that's just for kids.
The team of disease detectives is specially trained and equipped to
solve this mystery. They have set up this specimen collection tent
equipped with many of the tools they will need to uncover clues about
what is making people sick. Here you see a disease detective about to
take blood from a patient.
Click on areas in the photo to learn more about how disease
detectives solve the mystery of an outbreak.
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