The role, challenges, and support of pulsenet laboratories in detecting foodborne disease outbreaks

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Boxrud, David ^a   Monson, Timothy ^b   Stiles, Tracy ^c   Besser, John ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD POISONING; LABORATORY TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 77953939240     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s207     Document Type: Short Survey

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