NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012
Foodborne Diseases and Food Safety
Infectious diseases can be found everywhere, and NCEZID is engaged in preventing, tracking, detecting, and responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases throughout the United States and the world. Selected information and NCEZID activities are highlighted in this report.
The links below reference sections of NCEZID: Our Work, Our Stories 2011-2012 with information about foodborne diseases and food safety.
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Overview of NCEZID's work on foodborne diseases and food safety
Stories that spotlight foodborne diseases and food safety
- Benjamin Silk, CDC disease detective (Listeria) [page 18]
- PulseNet at work—detecting hazardous hazelnuts (E. coli) [page 26]
- Bioinformatics—Accelerating detection and analysis in the laboratory (MicrobeNet reference database for genetic identification of infectious pathogens) [page 28]
- Defeating diarrheal disease—a leading killer of adults and children in India (foodborne diarrheal disease) [page 39]
- Not just chopped liver—New York City's "Team Salmonella" tracks down the source of an outbreak [page 45]
- Critical support directed at critical needs (Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement [ELC]) needs [page 50]
- Tainted turkey—Tracking antimicrobial resistance in food (Salmonella) [page 66]
- Using data to reduce E. coli contamination [page 70]
- The cantaloupe crisis (Listeria) [page 71]
- Targeting Salmonella—A stubborn foodborne infection [page 72]
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