OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: Quarterly report, October to December 2004
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2005.29.8Keywords:
foodborne disease, OzFoodNet, gastrointestinal illness, enteric infectionAbstract
The Australian Government 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 occurring in Australia into outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness potentially related to food.This report summarises the occurrence of foodborne disease outbreaks and cluster investigations between October and December 2004.
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