OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2008

Authors

  • OzFoodNet Working Group
  • Katrina Leslie OzFoodNet, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, GPO Box 9848, MDP 14, CANBERRA ACT 2601

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2008.32.35

Keywords:

foodborne disease, OzFoodNet, gastrointestinal illness, enteric infection

Abstract

The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing established the OzFoodNet network in 2000 to collaborate nationally to investigate foodborne disease. OzFoodNet conducts studies on the burden of illness and coordinates national investigations into outbreaks of foodborne disease. This quarterly report documents investigations of outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness and clusters of disease potentially related to food, occurring in Australia from 1 April to 30 June 2008.

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Published

01/09/08

How to Cite

OzFoodNet Working Group, and Katrina Leslie. 2008. “OzFoodNet Quarterly Report, 1 April to 30 June 2008”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 32 (September):335-40. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2008.32.35.

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Quarterly report

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