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Steps to Creating an Epidemic Curve in MS Excel 2007 (with screen captures)
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Steps to Creating an Epidemic Curve in MS Excel 2007 (no screen captures)
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Additional Resources

• For the list of Nationally Notifiable Diseases:
  https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/
• For information on Foodborne Diseases: Foodborne Illness A-Z
  https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/index.html
• Guide to Confirming a Diagnosis of Foodborne Disease
  https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/investigating-outbreaks/confirming_diagnosis.html
• Guidelines for Confirmation of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks (MMWR 2000; 49(SS01);54-62
  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4901a3.htm
• Guidelines for Specimen Collection
  https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/investigating-outbreaks/specimen-collection.html
• For information on Parasitic Diseases: Parasitic Diseases
  https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/
• For information on Waterborne Diseases: General information
  https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/
• Waterborne Diseases: Outbreak Response Tools
  https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/toolkits/
• For information on Noroviruses: Norovirus information
  https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/index.html