OutbreakNet Team
OutbreakNet Team Overview
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CDC's OutbreakNet Team collaborates with the national network of epidemiologists and other public health officials who investigate outbreaks of foodborne, waterborne, and other enteric illnesses in the United States. The OutbreakNet Team works in partnership with US State and local health departments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and PulseNet (a national surveillance network made up of state and local public health laboratories and federal food regulatory agency laboratories that perform pulsed-field gel electrophoresis on bacteria that may be foodborne).
The purpose of OutbreakNet Team is to ensure rapid, coordinated detection and response to multi-state outbreaks of enteric diseases and promote comprehensive outbreak surveillance. The OutbreakNet Team seeks to improve the collaboration and partnership among officials in local, state, and federal agencies who work with foodborne and diarrheal disease outbreak surveillance and response.
Foodborne illness is caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals that are found in food and beverages and enter the body through the gastrointestinal tract. Although usual symptoms may include vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea, there is not a single set of symptoms attributable to all foodborne illness. more
Reporting a Foodborne Illness
OutbreakNet Highlights
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2006 Annual Listing of Foodborne Disease
Outbreaks, United States  PDF
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Case
Report Form for Listeriosis PDF
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Resources for Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Investigation |
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Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation Toolkit |
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Outbreak Surveillance Data |
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Page Last Modified: February 25, 2009
Content Source: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ZVED)
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