Norovirus, Salmonella responsible for most foodborne illness outbreaks
in 2007 August 16, 2010
CDC researchers identified 1,097 foodborne disease
outbreaks, which lead to 21,244 illnesses and 18 deaths, in the United States
during 2007.......
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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma risk increased twofold by hepatitis B August 9, 2010
Patients who tested positive for hepatitis B surface antigen had an
almost twofold increased risk for developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,
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The Wisconsin Investigation: Rapid communication curtailed 2006 E. coli outbreak August 1, 2010
This is EIStories, a series of articles about outbreak investigations conducted by CDC EIS officers. The EIS is a training......
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Waterborne diseases pose significant financial burden in the United
States July 16, 2010
ATLANTA — Three common waterborne diseases took as
much as a $539 million toll on the U.S. health care system, data presented here
at th......
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Salsa, guacamole growing sources of foodborne illnesses July 12, 2010
ATLANTA — Salsa and guacamole were responsible for many
gastrointestinal illness outbreaks between 1998 and 2008, according to data
pres......
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Gastrointestinal Infections
