Preventing Foodborne Disease — What Clinicians Can Do

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The food in the United States is among the safest in the world, but recent outbreaks of hepatitis A remind us that foodborne illness remains an important public health concern. Between September and November 2003, outbreaks of hepatitis A were identified in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. In total, these outbreaks included nearly 1000 cases. The Pennsylvania outbreak among patrons of a single restaurant was the largest outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A ever reported in the United States, with more than 600 infected persons identified to date, including 3 who died. Epidemiologic field investigations of restaurant-associated outbreaks in the . . .

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