OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: Quarterly report, April to June 2001
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The OzFoodNet Working Group, surveillance, foodborneAbstract
OzFoodNet is a collaborative network conducting applied research into foodborne disease. It was established by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, formerly the Department of Health and Aged Care. During the second quarter of 2001, OzFoodNet prepared several protocols for national studies investigating the burden and causes of foodborne disease. OzFoodNet epidemiologists assisted with investigations into several outbreaks of foodborne illness, including a major outbreak of Salmonella Bovismorbificans 32 associated with iceberg lettuce, and Australia's first outbreak of multi-drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium Definitive Type (DT) 104.
This second quarterly report of OzFoodNet summarises the reporting of foodborne disease in the six States of Australia during the second quarter of 2001. During this time, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory participated as observers in OzFoodNet, and we have not included data from these jurisdictions unless specified.
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Kirk M for the OzFoodNet Working Party. OzFoodNet: Enhancing Foodborne Disease Across Australia: Quarterly Report January - March 2001 Commun Dis Intell 2001;25: 103-106.
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