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Steps to Creating an Epidemic Curve in MS Excel 2007 (with screen captures)
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Steps to Creating an Epidemic Curve in MS Excel 2007 (no screen captures)
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Additional Resources

• For the list of Nationally Notifiable Diseases: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
  http://www.cste.org/dnn/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=poIrEA4NUlo%3d&tabid=36&mid=1496
• For information on Foodborne Diseases: Foodborne Illness A-Z
  http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaknet/foodborne_az.html
• Guide to Confirming a Diagnosis of Foodborne Disease
  http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaknet/references_resources/
  guide_confirming_diagnosis.html
• Guidelines for Confirmation of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks (MMWR 2000; 49(SS01);54-62
  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4901a3.htm
• Guidelines for Specimen Collection
  http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaknet/references_resources/
  guide_specimen_collection.html
• For information on Parasitic Diseases: Parasitic Diseases
  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/
• For information on Waterborne Diseases: General information
  http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/
• Waterborne Diseases: Outbreak Response Tools
  http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/toolkits/
• For information on Noroviruses: Norovirus information
  http://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/index.html