PulseNet and the Changing Paradigm of Laboratory-Based Surveillance for Foodborne Diseases

• Published in: Public health reports (1974) Vol. 134; no. 2S; pp. 22S - 28S
• Main Authors: Kubota, Kristy A., Wolfgang, William J., Baker, Deborah J., Boxrud, David, Turner, Lauren, Trees, Eija, Carleton, Heather A., Gerner-Smidt, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.11.2019; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Agriculture departments; Case Study/Practice; Clusters; Disease; Disease control; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Electrophoresis; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Epidemiology; Federal agencies; Food; Food contamination & poisoning; Food safety; Food service; Foodborne diseases; Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology; Gel electrophoresis; Gene sequencing; Genomes; Health care policy; Health surveillance; Humans; Identification methods; Illnesses; Inspection; Laboratories; Prevention; Public Health; Public health administration; Public Health Surveillance; Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; Salmonella; Surveillance; United States - epidemiology; Whole Genome Sequencing; United States; United States > US; foodborne diseases; laboratory; surveillance

PulseNet, the National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance, was established in 1996 through a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service; the US Food and Drug Administration; 4 sta...