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CDC: The Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch URL: http://www.cdc.gov/foodborne/ Description: This division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes "Foodnet," a database of resources related to foodborne illnesses; the "Safe Water System," a "water quality intervention that employs simple, inexpensive and robust technologies appropriate for the developing world"; and "PulseNet," a consortium which among other things "perform[s] standardized molecular subtyping (or 'fingerprinting') of foodborne disease-causing bacteria." Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Extra Keywords poisoning Library of Congress Subject Headings: Diarrhea Foodborne diseases Waterborne infection LII Database Information: Record 9650 created by Karen Schneider on 08/11/2003 Last modification on 04/24/2006 Published: 08/11/2003 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9650 |