Foodborne illness surveillance systems

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
• Description:
  Many surveillance systems are used in the United States to provide information about the occurrence of foodborne disease. Most of CDC’s surveillance systems rely on data from state and local health agencies. Some focus on specific pathogens likely to be transmitted through food and have been used extensively for decades. More recently, new surveillance methods have emerged which improve the quality, quantity, and timeliness of data (e.g., sentinel surveillance systems and national laboratory networks).
  
  Each surveillance system plays a role in detecting and preventing foodborne disease and outbreaks. CDC provides leadership for the following surveillance systems:
  
  
• Subjects:
  Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology Foodborne Diseases/trends FoodNet Information Systems Public Health Surveillance
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:42693311f87768a17fe5f1f1eb1200d35298e0ea26d0c44274edc1f5247f9550
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23295/cdc_23295_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 101.13 KB ]