How often are disease detectives called into action? Dr. Pevzner: Our disease detectives go into the field to do about 200 investigations a year, domestically and internationally. With a measles outbreak, is the goal to find Patient Zero? Dr. Pevzner: Measles is the bad guy. Dr. Phillips: There was a hepatitis C outbreak in Brooklyn during my time at the city Health Department.

Source: New York Times April 11, 2019 09:34 UTC