Investigation Publications

Publications

Angelo KM, Nisler AL, Hall AJ, Brown LG, Gould LH. Epidemiology of restaurant-associated foodborne disease outbreaks, United States, 1998–2013. Epidemiol Infect. 2016;Oct 18:1-12.

Brown L. Resources for conducting foodborne outbreak environmental assessments: From just-in-time to anytime. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2024;87(2):32-4.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cryptosporidiosis outbreak at a summer camp — North Carolina, 2009. MMWR. 2011;60(27)918-22. (Radke V)

Freeland AL, Masters M, Nicholas D, Kramer A, Brown LG. Facilitators and barriers to conducting environmental assessments for food establishment outbreaks, National Environmental Assessment Reporting System, 2014-2016. J Environ Health;2019;81(8):24-8.

Gelting RJ, Baloch M. A systems analysis of irrigation water quality in environmental assessments related to foodborne outbreaks. Aquatic Procedia 1. 2013;130-7.

Gelting RJ, Baloch MA, Zarate-Bermudez M, Hajmeer MN, Yee JC, Brown T, et al. A systems analysis of irrigation water quality in an environmental assessment of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in the United States linked to iceberg lettuce. Agric Water Manage. 2015;150:111-8.

Gelting RJ, Baloch MA, Zarate-Bermudez MA, Selman C. Irrigation water issues potentially related to the 2006 multistate E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with spinach. Agric Wat Manag. 2011;98(9):1395-1402.

Hedberg CW, Palazzi-Churas KL, Radke VJ, Selman CA, Tauxe RV. The use of clinical profiles in the investigation of foodborne outbreaks in restaurants: United States, 1982-1997. Epidemiol Infect. 2008;136(1):65-72. Epub 2007 Mar 5.

Hedberg CW, Smith SJ, Kirkland E, Radke V, Jones TF, Selman CA, et al. Systematic environmental evaluations to identify food safety differences between outbreak and nonoutbreak restaurants. J Food Prot. 2006;69(11):2697-702.

Holst MM, Kramer A, Hoover ER, Dewey-Mattia D, Mack J, Hawkins T, et al. Characteristics associated with successful foodborne outbreak investigations involving United States retail food establishments (2014-2016). Epidemiol Infect Epub 20 Mar 2023. (Brown LG)

Holst MM, Salinas S, Tellier WT, Wittry BC. Environmental antecedents of foodborne illness outbreaks, United States, 2017–2019. J Food Prot. In press.

Hoover ER, Hedeen N, Freeland A, Kambhampati A, Dewey-Mattia D, Scott K-W, et al. Restaurant policies and practices related to norovirus outbreak size and duration. J Food Prot. 2020;83(9):1607-18. (Brown LG)

Kambhampati A, Shioda K, Gould LH, Sharp D, Brown LG, Parashar UD, et al. A state-by-state assessment of food service regulations for prevention of norovirus outbreaks. J Food Prot. 2016;79(9):1527–36.

Kim TN, Wildey L, Gleason G, Bleser J, Firestone MJ, Bare G, et al. Foodborne outbreak rates associated with restaurant inspection grading and posting at the point of service: Evaluation using national foodborne outbreak surveillance data. J Food Prot. 2022;85(7):1000-7. (Brown LG)

Kramer A, Byrne M, Curtiss E. Capturing data on contributing factors to outbreaks with the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2018;80(7):30–2.

Lipcsei LE, Brown LG, Coleman EW, Kramer A, Masters M, Wittry BC, et al. Foodborne illness outbreaks at retail establishments—National Environmental Assessment Reporting System, 16 state and local health departments, 2014-2016. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2019;68(SS1):1-20. (Reed K, Radke VJ)

Mody RK, Greene SA, Gaul L, Sever A, Pichette S, Zambrana I, et al. National outbreak of Salmonella serotype Saintpaul infections: importance of Texas restaurant investigations in implicating jalapeño peppers. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16579. (Delea K)

Moritz ED, Ebrahim-Zadeh SD, Wittry B, Holst MM, Daise B, Zern Z, et al. Foodborne illness outbreaks at retail food establishments — National Environmental Assessment Reporting System, 25 state and local health departments, 2017–2019. MMWR Surveill Summ 2023;72(No. SS-6):1–11. (Kramer A, Brown LG)

Rispens JR, Freeland A, Wittry B, Kramer A, Barclay L, Vinjé J, et al. Notes from the field: Multiple cruise ship outbreaks of norovirus associated with frozen fruits and berries—United States, 2019. MMWR. 2020;69(16):501-2. (Treffiletti A, Houston K)

Selman CA, Guzewich JJ. Public health measures: environmental assessment in outbreak investigations. In: Motariemi Y, editor. Encyclopedia of food safety. 1st ed. Waltham, MA: Academic Press; 2014. p. 98-106.

Wittry B, Curtiss E, Byrne M. Identify contributing factors and root causes to help stop and prevent foodborne outbreaks. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2024;86(6):28-30.

Wittry B, Kunz J, Curtiss E. Environmental assessments: An important part of outbreak investigations. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2021;84(2):42-5.

Wittry B, Nicolas D. Modernizing the foodborne outbreak contributing factors: the key to prevention. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2020;83(2):40-5.

Wittry BC, Holst MM, Anderberg J, Hedeen N. Operational antecedents associated with Clostridium perfringens outbreaks in retail food establishments, United States, 2015–2018. Foodborne Pathogens Dis. 2022;219(3):209-16.