Foodborne illness patterns are generally similar when comparing outbreaks with sporadic infections, except in some instances for children, according to an analysis of the characteristics of four bacteria monitored by surveillance sites that are part of the US FoodNet system.
Steps include added lab capacity, a sequencing database, and boosts for drug development.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that Escherichia coli O121 found in a sample of General Mills flour from the home of one of the patients in a 38-case outbreak matches the strain infecting people.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today declared that Guinea has passed 42 days since the last patient was declared free of Ebola, officially ending Ebola virus transmission.
Half of the sick people interviewed had made something homemade with flour before becoming ill, with some using a General Mills brand.
Two strains of bacteria resistant to different antibiotics can protect each other when both drugs are present, the study finds.
Yellow fever case totals in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to climb, with Namibia now reporting its first suspected case, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) situation report yesterday.
To preserve cultures as a key disease detection tool, the CDC recommends that labs do them whenever the faster test suggests a bacterial infection.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new, fatal MERS-CoV case in Buraydah, the first there this month after the city reported 34 MERS cases in March.
Saudi Arabian officials have reported three more MERS cases and one resulting death in the past 2 days, including a case in Buraydah, the site of a series of mostly healthcare-related cases this month.
