In 2000 the CPC established the Emergency Alert & Response Center, in order to more effectively carry out the prevention and treatment of diseases with unknown causes. The center draws together experts from a range of fields, including public health, epidemiology, communicable diseases, pathology, medical entomology and toxicology.
為了有效防治不明原因疾病，疾病管制局也在民國八十九年成立「0 難疫病調查中心」，集合國內公共衛生、流行病學、感染科學、病理學、病媒昆蟲學、毒物學等專家，共同防治疫病。