In the News
2013
- CDC/FDA Partnership Targets Whole Genome Sequencing of Listeria Monocytogenesexternal icon November 27, 2013
- How the CDC’s Trailblazing Use of Analytics Fights Diseaseexternal icon November 25, 2013
- PulseNet on the Front Lines of Foodborne Disease Surveillance pdf icon[PDF – 8 pages]external icon April 2013
- Outbreak Detection Since Jack in the Box: A Public Health Evolutionexternal icon February 4, 2013
- Hedgehogs To Blame In Latest Salmonella Outbreakexternal icon February 1, 2013
- CDC Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Ground Beefexternal icon January 2013
When two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink, the event is called a foodborne outbreak. Click to view OutbreakNet’s Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations page to see reports of selected outbreak investigations, by year.
2012
- New Foodborne Illness Diagnostic Tests Make Outbreaks Harder to Detectexternal icon December 3, 2012
- New Food Safety Tests Could Hamper Outbreak Detectionexternal icon December 11, 2012
- New Tests Diagnose Food Poisoning Faster, But Hurts Ability to Spot Outbreaksexternal icon December 11, 2012
- Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses Are Becoming Harder to Detect: New diagnostic tests inadvertently undercut surveillance abilities of public health officialsexternal icon November 26, 2012
- Rapid Tests Less Effective in Identifying Foodborne Illness Sourcesexternal icon November 27, 2012
- 28 sick; multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to organic spinach and spring mix blendexternal icon November 19, 2012
- Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Imported Marte Brand Frescolina Ricotta Salata Cheeseexternal icon July 16, 2012
- Man’s Death May Be Linked to Last Year’s Listeria Outbreak: PulseNet’s genetic fingerprint may link Montana death to Listeria-tainted cantaloupe outbreakexternal icon July 16, 2012
- Taking the Pulse of CDC’s PulseNetexternal icon May 23, 2012
- State and Federal Programs Helped Catch Contaminated Dog Foodexternal icon May 5, 2012
- Nonculture Diagnostic Tests for Enteric Diseases March 2012
2011
- Understanding Non-Culture Assays for Foodborne Pathogens: Impacts on Public Healthexternal icon Summer 2011
2010
- Improving Information Technology for Food Safetyexternal icon October 12, 2010
- From Potlucks to Peanuts: How PulseNet Beganexternal icon October 5, 2010
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