OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: Quarterly report, January to March 2004
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.18Keywords:
foodborne disease, OzFoodNet, gastrointestinal illness, enteric infectionAbstract
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 gastroenteritis outbreaks and clusters of disease potentially related to food occurring around Australia. The first quarter of the year is the peak season for many foodborne infections, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter. For information on sporadic cases of foodborne illness, see Communicable Disease Surveillance, Highlights for 1st quarter 2004 in this issue.
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