Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks U.S., 1997-1998

The CDC & the EPA maintain a collaborative surveillance system for collecting & periodically reporting data relating to occurrences & causes of waterborne-disease outbreaks (WBDOs). This summary includes data from Jan. 1997 through Dec. 1998 & a previously unreported outbreak in 1996. It includes data regarding outbreaks associated with drinking water & recreational water. State, territorial, & local public health departments are primarily responsible for detecting & investigating WBDOs & voluntarily reporting them to the CDC. Chapters: background methods; results; discussion; conclusion; references; & State & Territorial epidemiologists & lab. directors.Ward, John W. is the author of 'Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks U.S., 1997-1998' with ISBN 9780756713423 and ISBN 0756713420.