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1 Cholera Epidemic Associated with Raw Vegetables --- Lusaka, Zambia, 2003--2004      Vol 53, No 34;783   09/03/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5334.pdf
Summary: Epidemic cholera returned to Zambia in November 2003, when cases of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1, serotype Ogawa, biotype El Tor were confirmed in the capital city, Lusaka. In February 2004, the Lusaka District Health Management Team (LDHMT) invited CDC ...

2 150th Anniversary of John Snow and the Pump Handle      Vol 53, No 34;783   09/03/2004

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Summary: On August 31, 1854, London experienced a recurrent epidemic of cholera; Snow suspected water from the Broad Street pump as the source of disease. Snow presented his findings to community leaders, and the pump handle was removed on September 8, 1854. Rem...

3 Summary of Notifiable Diseases --- United States, 2002      Vol 51, No 53;1   04/30/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5153.pdf
Summary: The Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 2002 contains the official statistics, in tabular and graphic form, for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable diseases in the United States for 2002. These statistics are collected and compile...

4 Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses --- A Primer for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals      Vol 53, No RR04;1   04/16/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/RR/RR5304.pdf
Summary: RR-2]) and also as a separate publication by the American Medical Association, CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Physicians and other health care professionals have a critical role in the prevention and contro...

5 Managing Acute Gastroenteritis Among Children: Oral Rehydration, Maintenance, and Nutritional Therapy      Vol 52, No RR16;1   11/21/2003

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/RR/RR5216.pdf
Summary: Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) includes rehydration and maintenance fluids with oral rehydration solutions (ORS), combined with continued age-appropriate nutrition. zinc supplementation can reduce the incidence and severity of diarrheal disease, and an O...

6 Cholera Epidemic After Increased Civil Conflict --- Monrovia, Liberia, June--September 2003      Vol 52, No 45;1093   11/14/2003

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5245.pdf
Summary: Because of fighting during June--July, the normal collection of health data by the Liberian Ministry of Health (MoH) was interrupted. To estimate the magnitude of the outbreak, in August, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a retrospective revi...

7 Outbreak of Severe Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Among Children --- Jamaica, 2003      Vol 52, No 45;1103   11/14/2003

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5245.pdf
Summary: In late May 2003, the Jamaican Ministry of Health (MoH) identified a sharp increase in the number of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases reported throughout the country (Figure), accompanied by increases in AGE-associated hospital admissions and deaths amon...

8 Summary of Notifiable Diseases --- United States, 2001      Vol 50, No 53;1   05/02/2003

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5053.pdf
Summary: The MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 2001 contains, in tabular and graphic form, the official statistics for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable diseases in the United States for 2001. The Highlights section presents infor...

9 Summary of Notifiable Diseases --- United States, 2000      Vol 49, No 53;1   6/14/2002

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm4953.pdf
Summary: The MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 2000 contains, in tabular and graphical form, the official statistics for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable diseases in the United States for 2000. Because dates of onset or diagnosis...

10 Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 1999      Vol 48, No 53;1   04/06/2001

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm4853.pdf
Summary: The MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 1999 contains, in tabular and graphical form, the official statistics for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable diseases in the United States for 1999. Past publications included informat...