Georgia Department of Public Health - Academic Profile

Publications

A population-based estimate of the substantial burden of diarrhoeal disease in the United States; FoodNet, 1996–2003

Tyreek Jones , Minnie McMillian , Elaine Scallan +4 more

From 1996 to 2003, four 12-month population-based surveys were performed in FoodNet sites to determine the burden of diarrhoeal disease in the population. Acute diarrhoeal illne...

2006 Epidemiology and Infection 164 citations

Factors Associated with Seeking Medical Care and Submitting a Stool Sample in Estimating the Burden of Foodborne Illness

Elaine Scallan , Timothy F. Jones , Alicia Cronquist +5 more

Laboratory-based surveillance is a foundation for public health and is essential for determining the incidence of most foodborne diseases caused by bacterial pathogens; however,...

2006 Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 153 citations

Laboratory Practices for Stool‐Specimen Culture for Bacterial Pathogens, Including<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7, in the FoodNet Sites, 1995–2000

M. Hawkins , Timothy F. Jones , P. Shillam +11 more

In 2000, we surveyed microbiologists in 388 clinical laboratories, which tested an estimated 339,000 stool specimens in 1999, about laboratory methods and policies for the routi...

2004 Clinical Infectious Diseases 75 citations

Affiliated Researchers

Stepy Thomas

Georgia Department of Public Health

Stéphanie Thomas

Georgia Department of Public Health

Institution Info

Type: government
Country: US
Publications: 3
Citations: 392

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ROR: https://ror.org/04wcf8366