Common Source Outbreak

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An outbreak that results from a group of persons being exposed to a common noxious influence, such as an infectious agent or toxin

Public health A mass infection from a single contaminated source

common source outbreak

Epidemiology An outbreak that results from a group of persons being exposed to a common pathogen or toxin Public health A mass infection from a single contaminated source

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No references found			Objectives include developing and maintaining EWGLINET, enhancing the capability within the EU to detect common source outbreaks early, enabling member states to implement timely preventive action, informing all those that need to know about travel associated Legionnaires' disease to promote primary preventive action and collaborative investigations, and providing a dedicated website for enhancing EWGLI's information resource. Cyprus only EU member not on Legionella network by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus) In the course of the successful collaboration of CDC with the cruise industry on reducing common source outbreaks (Cramer, Gu, Durbin, 2003; Lawrence, 2004; Rooney et al. Shipshape: sanitation inspections on cruise ships, 1990-2005, Vessel ... by Cramer, Elaine H.; Blanton, Curtis J.; Otto, Charles / Journal of Environmental Health 1% to 100%), consistent with a common source outbreak. Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by coxsackievirus A24 ... by Choe, Kangwon / Emerging Infectious Diseases			common baldness common basal vein common bile duct common cardinal vein common carotid artery common carotid plexus common carp common cold common deductible common facial vein common fibular nerve common hepatic artery common hepatic duct common iliac artery common iliac node common iliac vein common law Common Law Partner common migraine common palmar digital nerve common pathway common pathway of coagulation common peroneal nerve common peroneal nerve dysfunction common plantar digital nerve Common Source Outbreak common tansy common tendinous ring common variable immunodeficiency common-cold virus Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux commonwealth weed commotio cordis commune communicability communicability period communicable communicable disease Communicable Disease Center communicable disease management communicable period communicans communicating communicating artery communicating branch communicating hydrocephalus communication communication 1 communication 2 communication channels communication disorder			Common Snowdrop Common Software Common Software Engineering Environment Common Software Executive Council Common Software Interface Common Software Management Plan common soldier common soldier common soldier common soldiers common soldiers common soldiers Common sole Common Solutions and Target Architecture Common Solvency Ratio Reporting common sorrel common sorrel common sorrel Common source Common source Common source Common source Common Source Database common source epidemic common source epidemic common source epidemic common source epidemic Common Source Gather Common Source Logistics Database Common Source Low-Noise Amplifier Common Source Outbreak common source route file Common Source Voltage Controlled Oscillator Common Source/Common Drain Common sowthistle Common Spacecraft Common Spanning Tree Common Spatial Gateway Interface Common Spatial Pattern Common Specialist Training Common species Common species Common Spectral MASINT Exploitation Capability common speedwell common speedwell Common Speller Application Programming Interface Common Spicebush common spindle tree common spoonbill common spotted orchid common spotted orchids Common Spotted-orchid Common spruce Common spruce Common Squirrel Monkey common St John's wort common St John's wort common staghorn fern Common Standards Working Group

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