Surveillance for Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks: United States, 1993-1997. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 49, No. SS-1, March 17, 2000

摘要

Since 1973, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has maintained a collaborative surveillance program for collection and periodic reporting of data on the occurrence and causes of foodborne-disease outbreaks (FBDOs) in the United States. This summary reviews data from January 1993 through December 1997. The Foodborne-Disease Outbreak Surveillance System reviews data concerning FBDOs, defined as the occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food. State and local public health departments have primary responsibility for identifying and investigating FBDOs. State, local, and territorial health departments use a standard form to report these outbreaks to CDC.