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SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE TYPHIMURIUM, RAW MILK - USA (02): (PENNSYLVANIA), CDC REPORT (ProMED Mail/ 11/08)

SALMONELLOSIS, FROZEN POULTRY PIE - USA (MULTISTATE) (08) (ProMED Mail/ 10/30)

FOODBORNE ILLNESS, HUMMUS - JORDAN: (JERASH)(ProMED Mail/ 10/29)

E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA (MULTISTATE) (03): CDC REPORT (ProMED Mail/10/03)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (134) - INDONESIA, WHO (ProMED Mail/ 10/02)

An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 in Aberdeen, Scotland, September 2007 (Eurosurveillance/ 9/27)

Child's Kidneys Fail As E. coli Outbreak Continues (WLKY News / 9/24)

An outbreak of multi-resistant Shigella sonnei in Australia: possible link to the outbreak of shigellosis in Denmark associated with imported baby corn from Thailand (Eurosurveillance/ 9/17)

Outbreak of shigellosis in Denmark associated with imported baby corn, August 2007 (Eurosurveillance/ 8/30)

SALMONELLOSIS, (SCHWARZENGRUND), PET OWNERS - USA (MULTISTATE) (ProMED Mail/ 8/29)

An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 phage type 2 infection in Paisley, Scotland (Eurosurveillance/ 8/23)

Trichinellosis outbreak in Bavaria caused by cured sausage from Romania, January 2007 (Eurosurveillance/ 8/23)

SALMONELLOSIS, SUMMER CAMP - ROMANIA (CONSTANTA) (03):E. COLI CO-ETIOLOGY (ProMEDMail/ 8/22)

SHIGELLOSIS, MEXICAN BABY CARROTS - CANADA: ALERT, RECALL (ProMEDMail/ 8/22)

BRUCELLOSIS, HUMAN, ANIMALS - BULGARIA (HASKOVO) (ProMEDMail/ 8/21)

TRYPANOSOMIASIS, FOODBORNE - BRAZIL (AMAZONIA) (ProMEDMail/ 8/21)

Salmonellosis outbreak in connection with the Formula One race, August 2007 in Hungary (Eurosurveillance/ 8/16)

E. coli outbreak in Scotland update (Food Standards Agency/ 8/15)

Consumers Warned to Avoid Eating Raw Oysters from Southern Tip of Hood Canal in Washington State (FDA/ 8/10)

Enteric Routine Data Reports (Health Protection Agency/ 6/08)

E. COLI O157, RESTAURANT - CANADA (ONTARIO) (ProMED Mail/6/06)

SALMONELLOSIS, FOODBORNE - RUSSIA (STAVROPOL) (ProMED Mail/6/04)

FDA Warning on Mislabeled Monkfish (FDA/ 5/24)

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan as of April 2007 (IASR/ May,2007)

German salmonella outbreak kills two (Reuters Health/ 5/21)

HAND, FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - CHINA (SHANDONG) (03) (ProMED Mail/ 5/20)

Still no answers in '06 lettuce E. coli outbreak (CNN Health/ 5/18)

Bacteraemia Routine Data Reports-Escherichia coli bacteraemia in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2002 to 2006 (Health Protection Agency/ 5/18)

Enteric Routine Data Reports (Health Protection Reports/ 5/11)

E. coli O157:H7 In Minnesota Cases linked to ground beef (International Food Safety Network/ KSU/ 5/09)

Bacterial illness sickening Missouri kids (CNN Health/ 5/09)

OPISTHORCHIASIS - RUSSIA (NOVOSIBIRSK) (ProMED Mail/ 5/06)

Somalia cholera death fears grow (BBC News/ 4/28)

Fungus Responsible for Africa's Deadly Maize Identified (USDA/ARS/ 4/26)

E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA (MULTISTATE) (02) (ProMED Mail/ 4/26)

Deadly NHS bug 'continues rising' (BBC News/ 4/26)

SALMONELLOSIS, HOSPITAL - UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND) (02): SEROTYPE HADAR (ProMED Mail/ 4/23)

Cadbury faces salmonella action (BBC News/ 4/23)

TRICHINELLOSIS - RUSSIA (KRASNOYARSK) (ProMED Mail/ 4/22)

Large outbreak of viral gastroenteritis caused by contaminated drinking water in Apulia, Italy, May - October 2006 (EurosurveillanceWeekly/ 4/19)

Merck donates pills for parasitic disease in Africa (Reuters Health/ 4/19)

SALMONELLOSIS, FATAL, NURSING HOME - AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) (ProMED Mail/ 4/17)

ANTHRAX, HUMAN, LIVESTOCK - INDONESIA (NUSA TENGGARA TIMOR) (02) (ProMED Mail/ 4/17)

Cholera Alert in Orange River Area (allAfrica.com/ 4/17)

Rattlesnake meat capsule can cause salmonella (Reuters Health/ 4/16)

Enteric Routine Data Reports (Health Protection Reports/ 4/ 13)

ANTHRAX, HUMAN, BOVINE - GUINEA-BISSAU (OIO) (ProMED Mail/ 4/12)

Restaurant tied to E. coli outbreak closed pdf file (Food Safety Network/KSU/ 4/11)

China hospital food sickens many (BBC News/ 4/10)

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, RIBOTYPE 027 - UK (ENGLAND) (ProMED Mail/ 4/10)

7 who dined at O.C. eatery get E. coli (Los Angeles Times/ 4/03)

Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic (Newswise/ 4/02)

Three Outbreaks of Salmonellosis Associated with Baby Poultry from Three Hatcheries --- United States, 2006 (CDC/MMWR/ 3/30)

Bug linked to 17 hospital deaths (BBC News/ 3/30)

SALMONELLOSIS, NURSERY - UK (ENGLAND) (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE NEWPORT, MEXICAN-STYLE CHEESE - USA (ILLINOIS) (02) (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

TULAREMIA, WATER-BORNE - NORWAY (NORTH) (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

BOTULISM, OLIVES - USA EX ITALY: RECALL (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

SALMONELLOSIS, MEAT ROLLS - AUSTRALIA (NEW SOUTH WALES, TASMANIA (ProMED Mail/ 3/28)

Food scare patient had listeria (BBC News/ 3/26)

PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING - SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE): RED TIDE (ProMED Mail/ 3/25)

Probe can't pinpoint how E. coli got into spinach (CNN Health/ 3/23)

Shortage of safe water risks cholera in Iraq: U.N. (Reuters Health/ 3/22)

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS, UNPASTEURIZED MILK - USA (UTAH)

(ProMED Mail/ 3/21)

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS - AUSTRALIA (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) (ProMED Mail/ 3/21)

Avian influenza, human (54): Egypt, WHO (ProMED Mail/ 3/19)

FOODBORNE ILLNESS, FATAL, BOAR - NEPAL: TRICHINELLOSIS SUSPECTED (ProMED Mail/ 3/19)

YERSINIOSIS, LISTERIOSIS - CANADA (ONTARIO): UNPASTEURIZED MILK/CHEESE (ProMED Mail/ 3/19)

An outbreak of Salmonella Schwarzengrund in England and Wales November 2006 to February 2007 (U.K./ Health Protection Agency/ 3/16)

Outbreak of trichinellosis in Spain and Sweden due to consumption of wild boar meat contaminated with Trichinella britovi (Eurosurveillance/ 3/15)

Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection traced to imported cured sausage using MLVA-subtyping (Eurosurveillance/ 3/15)

TYPHOID FEVER UPDATE 2007 (07) (ProMED Mail/ 3/15)

Kenya: Meat Eaters Tuck in As 32-Day Ban On Livestock Trade Lifted (allAfrica.com/ 3/14)

Nigeria: As Bird Flu Recurs (allAfrica.com/ 3/14)

Overview: Parasitic Diseases Thrive in AIDS' Shadow (NPR/ 3/14)

FLU PANDEMIC HISTORY (CNN Health/ 3/14)

Infection Detectives Use Disease ‘Fingerprints’ to Track Common Infections in Children (newswise/ 3/13)

More Illness Linked to Recalled Peanut Butter (Oklahoma State Department of Health/ 3/12)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (51): WORLDWIDE, WHO (ProMED Mail/ 3/12)

FOODBORNE ILLNESS, FISH - CHINA (GUANGDONG) (02): TETRODOTOXIN (ProMED Mail/ 3/12)

FOODBORNE ILLNESS, FISH - CHINA (GUANGDONG): CIGUATERA SUSPECTED(ProMED Mail/ 3/11)

BOTULISM, OLIVES - USA: RECALL (ProMED Mail/ 3/11)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (49): EGYPT (ProMED Mail/ 3/11)

HAND, FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - SRI LANKA (COLOMBO) (ProMED Mail/ 3/11)

ANTHRAX, BOVINE - UKRAINE (IVANO-FRANKOVSK) (ProMED Mail/ 3/09)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (51): RUSSIA,VIET NAM, CHINA (ProMED Mail/ 3/09)

CHOLERA, DIARRHEA & DYSENTERY UPDATE 2007 (11) (ProMED Mail/ 3/09)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (50): INDONESIA (CATS), AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, SOUTH KOREA (ProMED Mail/ 3/08)

Bird flu kills 15-year-old girl in Laos (Reuters Health / 3/08)

NOROVIRUS, STUDENTS - USA (NEW JERSEY) (ProMED Mail 3/06)

SALMONELLOSIS, BANQUET - RUSSIA (KRASNOYARSK) (ProMED Mail 3/06)

CDC CONFIRMS DELAWARE'S FIRST CASE OF SALMONELLA TENNESSEE (Delaware Health and Social Services 3/05)

Tracking diseases across the world (BBC News/ 3/03)

FDA Investigating Norovirus Outbreak Linked to Oysters (FDA/ 3/02)

SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE TENNESSEE, PEANUT BUTTER - USA (06) (ProMED- Mail / 2/22)

Salmonellosis - Outbreak Investigation, February 2007 (Centers for Disease Control / 2/21)

Ministry of Health Believes Waterborne Diseases Under-reported in New Zealand (New Zealand/ Ministry of Health/ 2/19)

5 Illinoisans have peanut butter-linked salmonella (Chicago Sun Times/ 2/16)

Salmonella outbreak tracked back to Georgia plant (University of Georgia /2/15)

Somalia: Cholera Kills 82 in Central Region (allAfrica.com/ 2/05)

SALMONELLOSIS, MEAT SLICER - USA (GEORGIA)(02): 2006 (ProMED Mail/ 1/17)

FDA and States Closer to Identifying Source of E. coli Contamination Associated with Illnesses at Taco John's Restaurants (FDA / 1/12)

Scores ill after eating at Indiana Olive Garden (CNN.com / 12/15)

Increase in norovirus activity reported in Europe (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/14)

Increase in norovirus circulation in Hungary in October-November 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/14)

Outbreak of foodborne botulism linked to barbecue, Austria, 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/14)

Lettuce probable cause of Taco Bell E. coli: FDA (Reuters / 12/14)

FDA Investigating Norovirus Outbreak Linked to Oysters (FDA / 12/12)

Outbreaks Reveal Food Safety Net's Holes (Washington Post / 12/11)

Food getting safer - for the most part (Baltimore Sun / 12/8)

FDA Investigating E. Coli O157 Infections Associated with Taco Bell Restaurants in Northeast (FDA / 12/6)

CDC probing Salmonella outbreak in 18 states (CNN.com / 10/31)

16 Get Food Poisoning at China School (US News / 10/27)

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to a restaurant in Riga, August 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 10/26)

U.S. food supply safer than before, regulators say (Reuters Health / 10/11)

UK foodborne disease cases fall by 19 per cent (FoodProductionDaily.com / 10/10)

FDA Statement on Foodborne E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Spinach (FDA / 10/6)

Outbreaks of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Gastroenteritis Associated with Childcare Centers, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas, 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 10/5)

Food-borne botulism associated with home prepared meat products from Poland (CDR Weekly / 10/5)

Expert says E. coli spinach outbreak may be hard to solve (Pennsylvania State University / 10/2)

Burden and causes of foodborne disease in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network, 2005 (Australian Communicable Disease / 9/30)

Two contiguous but unconnected outbreaks of Vero cytotoxin-producing E coli O157 infection in South East London (CDR Weekly / 9/28)

Ongoing Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 Infections Associated with Consumption of Fresh Spinach --- United States, September 2006 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 9/26)

Second Company Is Implicated in Outbreak Linked to Spinach (New York Times / 9/18)

FDA Consumer Advisory on Refrigeration of Carrot Juice. Three Cases of Botulism Possibly Caused by Improper Refrigeration. (FDA / 9/17)

Four outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis after consuming raspberries, Sweden, June-August 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 9/7)

Update on Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 13a associated with attendees of a charity event (CDR Weekly / 8/17)

FOOD POISONING, SALAD - FINLAND (WEST FINLAND) (ProMed Mail / 7/31)

Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 13a associated with attendees of a charity event (CDR Weekly / 7/27)

Q fever in Forth Valley meat processing plant, Scotland (CDR Weekly / 7/27)

Child dies from E.coli infection (BBC News / 7/27)

Campylobacter enteritis in Japan, 1999-2005

More taken ill in E.coli outbreak (BBC News / 7/10)

Human salmonellosis in travellers is highly correlated to the prevalence of salmonella in laying hen flocks (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 7/6)

Human Salmonellosis Associated with Animal-Derived Pet Treats --- United States and Canada, 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 6/30)

National increase in human Salmonella Montevideo infections in England and Wales: March to June 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/29)

National increase in human Salmonella Montevideo infections in England and Wales: March to June 2006 (CDR Weekly / 6/22)

Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness Among Biking Across Kansas ParticipantsIdentified as Norovirus (Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment / 6/ 21)

SALMONELLOSIS, STUDENTS - USA (MASSACHUSETTS) (ProMed Mail / 6/21)

Recent norovirus outbreaks on river and seagoing cruise ships in Europe (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/15)

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan as of May 2006 (Japan Infectious Disease Surveillance / 6/14)

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 in a boarding school in south east England (CDR Weekly 6/8)

Large outbreak of gastroenteritis following a wedding (CDR Weekly 6/8)

E. coli O157 infections in the UK (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/1)

VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS, CRUISE SHIP - UK (ENGLAND) (ProMed Mail / 5/30)

Sorbitol-fermenting Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 (VTEC O157) (CDR Weekly / 5/25)

E. COLI O157, DAY CARE - UK (SCOTLAND) (ProMed Mail / 5/11)

First cluster of C. difficile toxinotype III, PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in France: preliminary report (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 5/4)

A national increase of Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 (VTEC O157) during the first quarter of 2006 (CDR Weekly / 4/27)

First results of the active surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes infections in the Netherlands reveal higher than expected incidence (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 4/20)

Multisite Outbreak of Norovirus Associated with a Franchise Restaurant – Kent County,  Michigan, May 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 4/14)

Botulism from Home-Canned Bamboo Shoots --- Nan Province, Thailand, March 2006 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 4/14)

ASSESSING PUBLIC HEALTH'S ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE SOURCES OF ILLNESS (Delaware Health and Social Services / 4/13)

Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Norway: update (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 4/6)

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS, BOTSWANA: SUSPECTED (ProMed Mail / 4/4)

E. COLI VTEC NON-O157 - NORWAY (ProMed Mail / 3/29)

Food Poisoning Investigated in Thailand (LA Times from AP / 3/21)

Specialists on full alert following outbreak of botulism (ProMed Mail / 3/20)

Shigellosis, Japan, 2003-2005 (Japan Infectious Agents Surveillance Report / 3/17)

E. coli outbreak from ground beef suspected in child's death (FoodProductionDaily.com / 3/14)

Norovirus Outbreak Affects Caribbean Cruise Ship Passengers (ProMed Mail / 3/6)

An outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with minced beef, Norway, January-February 2006: preliminary report (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 3/2)

Epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant (Australia Communicable Disease Intelligence Report / 2/23)

Surveillance of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli in Australia (Australia Communicable Disease Intelligence Report / 2/23)

Investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hvittingfoss using a web-based case reporting form (Australia Communicable Disease Intelligence Report / 2/23)

VTEC infections and livestock-related exposures in Scotland, 2004. (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 2/23)

Continuing outbreaks of winter illnesses in schools: Influenza B and Norovirus (UK Health Protection Agency / 2/17)

Enterovirus Surveillance – United States, 2002-2004 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 2/16)

Increase in Salmonella Paratyphi A phage type 1 and Salmonella Typhi Vi-phage type E1 in England and Wales (CDR Weekly / 2/16)

A chronology of some recent cross-border salmonellosis outbreaks (ProMed Mail / 2/13)

NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK - NEW ZEALAND (DUNEDIN): SUSPECTED (ProMed Mail / 1/31)

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 1/26)

Argentina: A Massive Enterovirus Outbreak in Rioja Province (ProMed Mail / 1/25)

Two Cases of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 Infection after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – Louisiana, October 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 1/19)

FOOD POISONING, JAIL INMATES - USA (CALIFORNIA) (ProMed Mail / 1/11)

HEPATITIS A - NEW ZEALAND (CHRISTCHURCH) (ProMed Mail / 1/10)

FSA Wales response to E.coli report (UK Food Standards Agency / 1/6)

National increase of Vero-cytotoxin producing E. coli O157 phage type 8 – Case-control study (CDR Weekly / 1/5)

Warm weather 'to boost food bugs' (BBC News / 1/4)

Foodborne Campylobacter infections increase (FoodProductionDaily.com / 1/3)

Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Associated with Petting Zoos --- North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona, 2004 and 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 12/23)

Large E. coli O157 outbreak in Ireland, October-November 2005 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/22)

Outbreaks of norovirus infection, September 2003-October 2005 (Japan Infectious Disease Surveillance / 12/20)

Regional governments may be reluctant to report outbreaks (Eurek Alert / 12/19)

5 more cases of E. coli linked to dairy's raw milk (ProMed Mail / 12/19)

Number of cases of botulism in Kyrgyzstan from canned food (ProMed Mail / 12/19)

Disease link to water poisoning (BBC News / 12/15)

UW SCIENTISTS TEAM UP TO BATTLE FOOD-BORNE ILLNESSES (University of Wisconsin / 12/13)

Vomiting bug hits over 250 pupils (BBC News / 12/9)

International outbreak of Salmonella Goldcoast infection in tourists returning from Majorca, September-October 2005: final summary (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/8)

An elderly woman dies after eating red tide-contaminated oysters in El Salvador (ProMed Mail / 12/5)

KDHE Investigates Norovirus Outbreak in Pottawatomie County (Kansas Dept. Health and Environment /12/1)

Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk --- Four States, 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 12/1)

Increase in Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 PT8 infections in England (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/24)

Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Produce on the Rise (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 11/21)

Successful reduction of human Salmonella Enteritidis infection in England and Wales (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/17)

A private nursery in Brecon in Powys has been closed following the emergence of E.coli among children there (BBC News / 11/13)

Salmonella Goldcoast infections in tourists returning from Majorca (ProMed Mail / 11/7)

Austria: Outbreak of norovirus infections associated with consuming food from a catering company, September 2005 (ProMed Mail / 11/6)

Health Protection Agency investigates hepatitis E cases acquired in England and Wales (UK Health Protection Agency / 11/4)

Outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 infections associated with a brand of beefburgers in France (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 11/3)

NETHERLANDS: The number of cases of salmonellosis is falling significantly, according to official figures. (MeatNews.com / 11/1)