Current CDC work on food attribution

"Attribution (determining the sources..."

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Selected surveillance activites

EFORS

Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System (EFORS)

States trained and reporting through EFORS, by month

Foodborne-disease outbreaks reported to CDC, 1990 - 2003

PulseNet

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FoodNet

Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)

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FoodNet Surveillance

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Determine the burden of foodborne diseases

Burden of Foodborne Diseases
(Mead et al. EID 1999)

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Negative Binomial Regression Model

Change in 2003 Incidence Compared to 1996:
Important Declines

Changes in surveillance?

Healthy People 2010 Objectives
(50% reduction from 2000 baseline)

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CDC attribution efforts

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Point of consumption attribution efforts

Point of consumption attribution efforts
(continued)

Point of consumption attribution -
putting it all together

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Example of microbiological approach: Salmonellosis in Denmark

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www.cdc.gov/foodnet