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1 Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks Associated with Recreational Water --- United States, 2001--2002      Vol 53, No SS08;1   10/22/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/SS/SS5308.pdf
Summary: and Territorial Epidemiologists have maintained a collaborative surveillance system for collecting and periodically reporting data related to occurrences and causes of waterborne-disease outbreaks (WBDOs) related to drinking water; tabulation of recreatio...

2 Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water --- United States, 2001--2002      Vol 53, No SS08;23   10/22/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/SS/SS5308.pdf
Summary: Reporting Period Covered: This summary includes data on WBDOs associated with drinking water that occurred during January 2001--December 2002 and on three previously unreported outbreaks that occurred during 2000. The surveillance system includes data fo...

3 Linking Better Surveillance to Better Outcomes      Vol 53, No SU01;12   09/24/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm53SU01.pdf
Summary: To describe how surveillance can most directly serve action, the author presents a model of local public health work as a series of outcome-driven business processes consisting of information input, information processing, actions, and outcomes. Lessons ...

4 An Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis at a Swimming Club --- Vermont, 2004      Vol 53, No 34;793   09/03/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5334.pdf
Summary: John Snow's historic investigation of a severe epidemic of cholera traced the cause of infection to a common water source (1). Today, 150 years later, waterborne diseases remain a public health problem, and similar investigations are used to identify the ...

5 Notice to Readers : Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Foodborne Disease Computer-Based Case Study Series      Vol 53, No 23;512   06/18/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5323.pdf
Summary: CDC announces the release of a new computer-based case study, "E. coli O157:H7 Infection in Michigan. " Based on a real-life disease outbreak investigation, this self-instructional, interactive exercise teaches public health practitioners epidem...

6 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...

7 Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- Selected Sites, United States, 2003      Vol 53, No 16;338   04/30/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5316.pdf
Summary: The data indicate substantial declines in the incidence of infections caused by Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium parvum, Escherichia coli O157, Salmonella, and Yersinia enterocolitica. These data represent progress toward meeting the 2010 national health o...

8 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...

9 Update: Influenza-Associated Deaths Reported Among Children Aged 18 Years --- United States, 2003--04 Influenza Season      Vol 52, No 53;1286   01/09/2004

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5253.pdf
Summary: During the 2003--04 influenza season, CDC has received reports from state health departments regarding deaths among children with evidence of influenza virus infection. reported to CDC through state and local health departments during the 2003--04 season...

10 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...