Volume 7, Number 3—June 2001
Synopsis
PulseNet: The Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Bacterial Disease Surveillance, United States
Bala Swaminathan
, Timothy J. Barrett, Susan B. Hunter, Robert V. Tauxe, and the CDC PulseNet Task Force
, Timothy J. Barrett, Susan B. Hunter, Robert V. Tauxe, and the CDC PulseNet Task Force
Table 2
Priority order for inclusion of foodborne bacterial pathogens in PulseNet
| Pathogen | Expected year of inclusion |
|---|---|
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | 1997 |
| Nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes | 1998 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 1999 |
| Shigella sonnei | 1999 |
| Clostridium perfringens | 2001 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 2001 |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | 2001 |
| V. cholerae | 2001 |
| Clostridium botulinum | 2002 |
| Other pathogenic E. coli | 2002 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 2003 |
1The CDC PulseNet Task Force includes John Allan, Michelle Bird, Daniel Cameron, Wallis DeWitt, Thomas Donkar, Collette Fitzgerald, Judy Gaither, Lewis Graves, Peggy Hayes, Jared Kerr, Kristy Kubota, Mary Ann Lambert-Fair, Susan Maslanka, Loretta McCroskey, Jeremy Miller, Heather Noll, Efrain Ribot, Nicole Tucker, Susan Van Duyne, and the authors.
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