Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 1996
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The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) has issued its 1996 report. FoodNet is part of the Emerging Infections Programs, which were begun by the CDC in 1994. FoodNet monitors foodborne disease outbreaks in five sites in Minnesota, California, Oregon, Connecticut and Georgia, covering 13.2 million Americans. In 1996, 7,223 people in the FoodNet regions developed one of seven foodborne illnesses that FoodNet tracks, including salmonellosis and E. coli infections. Sixteen percent were hospitalized and 34 died. Many laboratories do not test stool samples for all seven organisms.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Foodborne transmission of hepatitis A -- Massachusetts, 2001
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An outbreak of hepatitis A in Massachusetts in 2001 was most likely caused by an employee of a restaurant who was known to have hepatitis A. The employee also had a colostomy but said it was under several layers of clothing and was never changed at work. An inspection by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found no code violations. Forty-six people developed hepatitis B between October 29 and November 26, 2001 and 35 had eaten at this particular restaurant. The restaurant employee had developed hepatitis A on October 17.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Foodborne Illnesses--Selected Sites, United States, 2000
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Data from CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) for the year 2000 are presented and compared with previous years back to 1996. Campylobacter was the most frequently diagnosed pathogen, followed by Salmonella, Shigella, and E. coli 0157.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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