08/01/25 Public Health Education Topic: Outbreaks
- Health Department
- 6 days ago
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Per CDC
Outbreaks of Respiratory Illness: Investigation Importance:
Outbreaks of acute respiratory illness are common and can occur in many settings (e.g., communities, nursing homes, military barracks). The following may be needed to control outbreaks:
Specific therapies
Infection control practices
Other preventive measures
Consequently, investigation into the clinical and epidemiologic features, and the etiology of outbreaks is particularly important to public health.
Investigating severe unexplained respiratory outbreaks may be of particular importance to rule out emerging health threats.
Foodborne Outbreaks
CDC typically coordinates between 17 and 36 investigations of foodborne illnesses involving multiple states each week. The table below shows the number of active CDC multistate investigations for Campylobacter, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella.
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