Foodborne Illnesses
Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by using Outbreak Data, United States, 1998–2008; EID [PDF - 1.4 MB] – information on prioritizing food safety commodities to evaluate foodborne illness and outbreaks
Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States – trends in food-related illness in the United States
Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD) – searchable by year, state, location, and pathogen
Frequently Asked Questions on Foodborne Disease [PDF - 140 KB] – answers to questions such as the most common foodborne diseases
Incidence of Foodborne Illness, 2010 – numbers from 2010 food-related illness in the United States
Incidence and Trends of Foodborne Illness, 2011 – numbers from food-related illness in the United States during 2011
Salmonella Infection (Salmonellosis) – information about salmonellosis
Spinach-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak, Utah and New Mexico, 2006 – summary of results from a case-control study to characterize the outbreak and a lab investigation to test spinach eaten by case-patients for contamination
Taeniasis FAQs – information about Taenia infection
Viral Hepatitis – CDC's Viral Hepatitis homepage
- Hepatitis A – facts about Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis E – facts about Hepatitis E
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks and Activity - MMWR Articles by Publication Date
Cryptosporidiosis outbreak at a summer camp --- North Carolina, 2009 – summary of outbreak investigation that identified 46 laboratory-confirmed and probable cryptosporidiosis cases at the camp
Vital Signs: Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 1996–2010 – summarizes 2010 surveillance data and describes trends since 1996
Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Saintpaul Infections Associated with Multiple Raw Produce Items --- United States, 2008 – summary of results from seven epidemiologic studies, traceback investigations, and environmental investigations related to the multistate outbreak
Outbreaks of Acute Gastroenteritis Transmitted by Person-to-Person Contact — United States, 2009–2010 – summary of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks, especially those caused by person-to-person transmission; summary also emphasizes implementation of the National Outbreak Reporting System
Salmonella Litchfield Outbreak Associated with a Hotel Restaurant --- Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2007 – outbreak investigation that illustrates the potential for recurring food contamination by ill and asymptomatic food handlers and underscores the utility of PulseNet to link illnesses that might appear unrelated
Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2010 summary of food-related illness in the United States in 2009 and 2010
Reports by Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute Graduates
These reports were prepared by graduates of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute. These documents have not been revised or edited to conform to agency standards. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For more reports search the EPHLI fellow projects page.
Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation – A Recipe for Departmental Inclusion [DOC - 171 KB]
Improving Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Cluster Investigations in Florida [PDF - 374 KB]
Links to Information from outside CDC
Checklist for Schools When Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Are Suspected (Minnesota Department of Health) – actions to perform after the initial identification of gastrointestinal illnesses in schools
Foodborne Illness and Contaminants (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) – FDA guidelines for protection against foodborne illness
Foodborne Illness Manual and Database (Multnomah County Environmental Health Services) – integrated practice models to help programs quickly respond to foodborne illness complaints [developed with funding from the EHS capacity-building program]
Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response [PDF - 2.5 MB] (Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response) – comprehensive information for individuals and organizations involved in foodborne disease
Human Enteric Viruses as Causes of Foodborne Disease [PDF - 280 KB] – article reviews the agents, transmission routes, epidemiology, persistence, diagnosis, and detection of foodborne viruses and their diseases
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