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The public health team watching the World Cup

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Georgetown-led public health team is actively tracking disease threats at the World Cup using surveys, wastewater analysis, and online monitoring to detect outbreaks early—a proactive surveillance system in operation during a mass gathering event.

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This describes an ongoing monitoring effort, not a disease prevented or outbreak averted. Effectiveness depends on response protocols not detailed here.

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