Publications

Reports and other studies can be important resources for investigating and preventing outbreaks. Below are reports, surveillance summaries, and other studies that have used NORS outbreak data.

General NORS Surveillance

• Dewey-Mattia D, Roberts V, Yoder J, Gould LH. Foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks — United States, 1971–2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;62(No.54):86-9
• Hall AJ, Wikswo ME, Manikonda K, Roberts VA, Yoder JS, Gould LH. Acute gastroenteritis surveillance through the National Outbreak Reporting System, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19(8):1305-9.
• Leshem E, Wikswo M, Barclay L, Brandt E, Storm W, Salehi E, DeSalvo T, Davis T, Saupe A, Dobbins G, Booth HA, Biggs C, Garman K, Woron AM, Parashar UD, Vinjé J, Hall AJ. Effects and clinical significance of GII.4 Sydney norovirus, United States, 2012–2013. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19(8):1231-8.

NORS Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance

Waterborne Disease Surveillance Reports

• Drinking Water
• Recreational Water
• Environmental and Undetermined Water Exposures

NORS Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance

• Hilborn ED, Roberts VA, Backer L, DeConno E, Egan JS, Hyde JB, Nicholas DC, Wiegert EJ, Billing LM, DiOrio M, Mohr MC, Hardy FJ, Wade TJ, Yoder JS, Hlavsa MC. Algal bloom–associated disease outbreaks among users of freshwater lakes — United States, 2009–2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(1):11-15.

Related Waterborne Disease Outbreak Publications

• Healthy Water Publications, Data, & Statistics
• Cryptosporidium Publications, Data, & Statistics
• Giardia Publications, Data, & Statistics

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NORS Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance

NORS Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Annual Reports

• Annual Summaries of Foodborne Outbreaks

NORS Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance

• Bennett SD, Littrell KW, Hill TA, Mahovic M, Behravesh CB. Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks associated with raw tomatoes, United States, 1990-2010: a recurring public health problem. Epidemiol Infect. 2015 May;143(7):1352-9.
• Crowe SJ, Mahon BE, Vieira AR, Gould LH. Vital Signs: Multistate foodborne outbreaks — United States, 2010–2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;64(43):1221-5.
• Dechet AM, Herman KM, Parker CC, Taormina P, Johanson J, Tauxe RV, Mahon BE. Outbreaks caused by sprouts, United States, 1998-2010: lessons learned and solutions needed. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014; 11(8):635-44.
• Gould LH, Mungai E, Behravesh CB. Outbreaks attributed to cheese: differences between outbreaks caused by unpasteurized and pasteurized dairy products, United States, 1998-2011. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014;11(7):545-51.
• Grass J, Gould LH, Mahon BE. Epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks caused by Clostridium perfringens, United States, 1998-2010. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2013;10(2):131-6.
• Hall AJ, Wikswo ME, Pringle K, Gould LH, Parashar UD. Vital Signs: Foodborne norovirus outbreaks—United States, 2009-2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(22):491-5.
• Imanishi, M, Manikonda K, Murthy BP, Gould LH. Factors contributing to decline in foodborne disease outbreak reports, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014; 20(9):1551-3.
• Laufer AS, Grass J, Holt K, Whichard JM, Griffin PM, Gould LH. Outbreaks of Salmonella infections attributed to beef – United States, 1973-2011. Epidemiol Infect. 2015;143(9):2003-13.
• Luna-Gierke RE, Griffin PM, Gould LH, Herman K, Bopp CA, Strockbine N, Mody RK. Outbreaks of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection: USA. Epidemiol Infect. 2014;142(11):2270-80.
• Mungai EA, Behravesh CB, Gould LH. Increased outbreaks associated with nonpasteurized milk, United States, 2007-2012. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015;21(1):119-22.
• Silk BJ, Mahon BE, Griffin PM, Gould LH, Tauxe RV, Crim SM, Jackson KA, Gerner-Smidt P, Herman KM, Henao OL. Vital signs: Listeria illnesses, deaths, and outbreaks--United States, 2009-2011. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013;62(22):448-52.
• Walsh KA, Bennett SD, Mahovic M, Gould LH. Outbreaks associated with cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew in the United States, 1973-2011. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014; 11(12):945-52.

NORS Person-to-Person Transmitted Disease Outbreak Surveillance

• Wikswo ME, Kambhampati A, Shioda K, Walsh KA, Bowen A, Hall AJ. Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis transmitted by person-to-person contact, environmental contamination, and unknown modes of transmission - United States, 2009-2013. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2015;64(12):1-16.
• Wikswo ME, Hall AJ. Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis transmitted by person-to-person contact--United States, 2009-2010. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012;61(9):1-12.

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