A diarrheal disease surveillance system in Cali, Colombia : Theoretical basis and methods

In order to strengthen the regional capability for emerging and reemerging infectious disease surveillance, plans for effective data collection, analysis, investigation, and

* organizing coordinated trade and consumer food safety education programs which encourage manage- ment to train its employees and to educate food handlers to

Association with rifampicin solves the problem of possible primary resistance and permits a shortening of the treatment period, thereby lessening the workload of

Acute-phase and convalescent- phase serum samples are tested by the state Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory for WEE complement-fixing antibody: in addition,

Especially in deteloping countries, it is important that the etiologic agents of early childhood diarrhea be isolated and identified, and that their routes of

In 1975 an acute diarrheal disease control program was initiated at the Siloé Health Center of the Cali Regional Health Unit.' Its initial objective was to

aureus presented an excep- tion to this trend, with 11 outbreaks connected to food prepared in the home compared with 4 restaurant-asso- ciated outbreaks..

This outbreak was the second largest outbreak of Legion- naires’ disease recorded to date and adds to the body of evidence regarding the impact of climatic conditions and