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Public health departments investigate waterborne disease outbreaks in states, territories, and Freely Associated States and are essential contributors to the WBDOSS. The primary reporting tool for WBDOSS prior to 2009 was the CDC 52.12 waterborne disease outbreak reporting form.
A new study — published Dec. 3 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report — analyzes 60 waterborne disease outbreaks associated with splash pads from 23 states and Puerto Rico between 1997 and 2022.
The Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS) is the principal database used to identify the causative agents, deficiencies, water systems, and sources associated with waterborne disease and outbreaks in the United States. [24]
The 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak was a significant distribution of the Cryptosporidium protozoan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the largest waterborne disease outbreak in documented United States history. It is suspected that The Howard Avenue Water Purification Plant, one of two water treatment plants in Milwaukee at the time, was ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Tick-borne illness cases in the United States are up 25% since 2011, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a rare disease ...
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) - Provides information on NORS, including forms and video training on using the NORS system. OutbreakNet Team at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Since the beginning of May, 29 cases of the waterborne disease have been confirmed in the state. The flooding over about two weeks killed at least 161 people, with 82 still missing, state ...
In the early 20th century the United States Public Health Service (PHS) began to investigate incidents of waterborne disease and drinking water contamination. In 1914 the agency published a set of drinking water standards that were applicable only to interstate common carriers such as railroads. [98]