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	Infectious Disease Information Contents

		Infectious Diseases Information Index

		Useful Sites

Infectious Disease Information

Foodborne Diseases

Disease information: overviews and topics

Diseases Related to Food
List of sites and pages from NCID and its partners covering topics including overviews, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and specific diseases. Primarily general-level information

Foodborne Infections: General Information
Detailed fact sheet answering common questions about foodborne diseases

Foodborne Infections: Technical Information
Fact sheet

Foodborne Infections: Additional Information
Recommended sites and references

Foodborne illness outbreaks: Outbreak Response and Surveillance Team
Site. Outbreak reports and publications; outbreak investigation toolkits and reporting forms for health departments

Food Safety Initiative
Site. Information and links, divided into topics such as diseases/pathogens, technical information on outbreak investigations, laboratories and disease surveillance, educational resources, and an image library. Sites include CDC sites and sites of CDC partners such as the Food and Drug Administration

Irradiation of Food (Frequently Asked Questions)
Fact sheet

Disease information: selected foodborne illnesses

Foodborne Diseases: Specific Bacterial and Mycotic Illnesses
List of links to foodborne diseases caused by infections with bacteria or fungi

Foodborne Diseases: Selected Specific Viral and Other Illnesses
List of links to foodborne diseases caused by infections with viruses and other pathogens

Parasitic Pathways—Food
List of publications and links to specific parasitic diseases associated with food

Selected prevention and program area home pages

Fight Bac!
From the Partnership for Food Safety Education, in which CDC is a partner. Note: this site is not part of the CDC Web site*

Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch

Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Team

FoodNet (Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network)

NARMS (National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System: Enteric Bacteria)

PHLIS (Public Health Laboratory Information System)

PulseNet (The National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance)

Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases

Division of Parasitic Diseases

Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases

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