High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network for Infectious Diseases and Center for Rapid Influenza Surveillance and Research

This white paper summarizes our activities, progress to date, and work to come on the High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network for Infectious Diseases and Center for Rapid Influenza Surveillance and Research at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). It emphasizes that implementing near real-time, global and (what aspires to) transparent surveillance of infectious diseases is an essential next step for human health and security. It also explains how our efforts will enable this next step, first at one laboratory site and then at multiple networked sites. Cited on-line materials and references at the end provide additional information.

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