PRION DISEASE UPDATE 2007 (06) (ProMED Mail/10/03)

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)

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

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

New 'superbug' strain spreading in meat, warns study (Food Production Daily/ 6/25)

PRION DISEASE UPDATE 2007 (02) (ProMED Mail/6/04)

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

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

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

Scientists Identify Prion’s Infectious Secret (Newswise/ 5/09)

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

Warning on Ugandan baby food (Food Standards Agency/ 5/04)

Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease in Mice (Newswise/ 5/03)

Study finds fecal microbes high in New Orleans sediments following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (EurekAlert!/ 5/03)

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

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

FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food (The Washington Post/ 4/23)

Filtering Out the Bad Stuff (ACS PressPac/Chemical and Engineering News/ 4/23)

Testing tools help keep beverages pathogen-free (Food Production Daily/ 4/18)

Minnesota Firm Recalls Sausage Products That May Contain Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin (USDA/FSIS/ 4/16)

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

New Report Highlights Growing Foodborne Illness Challenges E. coli O157, Salmonella and Vibrio among Notable Concerns (CDC/MMWR/ 4/12)

Communications/Newsletter Spring 2007 (Food Research Institute/University ofWisconsin–Madison /pdf/ 4/05)

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

Bacterial response to oxidation studied as toxin barometer (Virginia Tech/ 3/27)

Researchers Find Best Way to Detect Airborne Pathogens (Newswise/Ohio State University/ 3/21)

Antibiotic Resistance in Plague (Newswise/The Institute for Genomic Research/ 3/20)

STUDY: PRIONS LIKELY MORE MOBILE IN ALKALINE SOILS (University of Wisconsin-Madison/ 3/19)

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

U.S. food imports outrun FDA resources (USA Today/3/18)

EU aflatoxin peanut project completed (Food Production Daily / 3/16)

Trojan horse strategy defeats drug-resistant bacteria (EurekAlert! /3/16)

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

Discovery of chemical profiles for infectious diarrhoea (U.K.,University of Bristol /2/26)

Diarrhoea And Cholera Subsiding (allAfrica.com / 2/23)

15 in Hospital After Feast At Wedding (allAfrica.com / 2/22)

FOOD POISONING, STAPHYLOCOCCAL, DESSERT - CANADA: ALERT, RECALL (ProMED-Mail /2/22)

Tests detect Alicylobacilli and its off flavours ( Food Production Daily/ 2/12)

Human guinea pigs advance medicine (BBC/ 2/07)

Researchers Find Ulcer Bacteria H. pylori to be Present in Blood Vessels (NewsWise.com / 10/26)

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

Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infections Associated with Consumption of Raw Shellfish --- Three States, 2006 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 8/8)

Consumers advised to avoid raw oysters from the Pacific Northwest (ProMed Mail / 8/1)

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS, SHELLFISH - USA (WASHINGTON, NEW YORK) (ProMed Mail / 7/27)

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

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS - NORTH AMERICA: BACKGROUND (ProMed Mail / 7/17)

New Jersey Firm Recalls Ham Product That May Contain Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin (FSIS / 6/13)

Researchers Uncover Burrowing Secrets of Ulcer Bacteria (NewsWise.com / 5/17)

Archaea Identified As Possible Human Pathogen (American Society for Microbiology / 4/18)

H. Pylori And Heart Disease (NewsWise.com / 4/14)

String Test: Effective and Inexpensive Method for Detecting Helicobacter pylori (American Society for Microbiology / 3/20)

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

WHO publishes risk assessment of Vibrio vulnificus in oysters (pdf file) (WHO / 2/23)

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

Stomach bacteria linked to iron deficiency (Reuters Health / 1/12)

Baby milk firms 'are failing to warn of meningitis' (Food Science World / 1/9)

New Study Says Two Million Americans Harbor Drug-Resistant Superbug (Journal of Infectious Diseases / 12/21)

A Scientist, Gazing Toward Stockholm, Ponders 'What If?' (New York Times / 12/6)

Shigella sonnei outbreak due to consumption of unpasteurised milk curds in Vilnius, Lithuania, 2004 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/1)

Washington Firm Recalls Ham and Beef Products That May Contain Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin (FSIS / 11/22)

STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING - VENEZUELA (FALCON) (ProMed Mail / 11/3)

FOOD POISONING, HOTEL - ARGENTINA (BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE) (ProMed Mail / 11/3)