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Foodborne Disease Outbreak
1990 Case Definition
Clinical description
Symptoms of illness depend upon etiologic agent. Please
see Appendix B, “Guidelines for Confirmation of Foodborne-Disease
Outbreaks”in the MMWR
2000;49(No. SS-1). Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - available
here.
Laboratory criteria for diagnosis
Depends upon etiologic agent. Please see Appendix
B, “Guidelines for Confirmation of Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks”in
the MMWR
2000;49(No. SS-1). Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - available
here.
Definition
An incident in which two or more persons experience
a similar illness after ingestion of a common food, and epidemiologic
analysis implicates the food as the source of the illness.
Comment
There are two exceptions: one case of botulism or
chemical poisoning constitutes an outbreak.
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