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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