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Domestic ETEC infections likely underestimated in U.S.

By News Desk on October 24, 2020

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) is an underestimated source of domestically acquired illness in the United States, according to researchers.

A study, published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, looked at ETEC infections reported to…
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NZ surveillance data reveals common Salmonella serotypes

By News Desk on December 9, 2018

Salmonella Bovismorbificans was the most common serotype confirmed in October in New Zealand, according to monthly surveillance data.

The total number of human Salmonella isolates (95) confirmed last month decreased compared to the figure in…
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CORE’s Stic Harris discusses food safety threats, FDA plans

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 20, 2018
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Stic Harris, DVM, MPH, has been the director of FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network (CORE) since August 2017. He is responsible for the agency’s surveillance, response, and post-response…
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Culture-Independent Diagnostics Most Common for Campylobacter, STEC

By Lydia Zuraw on March 18, 2015

According to Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network’s report on foodborne illness in 2013, clinical laboratories used culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) to detect more than 20,000 infections. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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How Culture-Independent Diagnostics Threaten Public Health Surveillance

By Lydia Zuraw on November 12, 2014

Traditional methods for diagnosing foodborne illness infections such as Salmonella, Campylobacter and E. coli involve cultivating patient samples in an artificial nutrient medium. But tests that don’t require isolates from pure culture are becoming increasingly…
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