{"id":1099,"date":"2014-07-13T23:32:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T23:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fomes.gov\/iom\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-01-29T21:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T21:58:35","slug":"international-outbreak-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.outbreakmuseum.com\/mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Outbreak Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Featured Exhibit: Foundation Farm Raw Milk
2012 \u00a0Oregon outbreak of E. coli O157:H7<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This outbreak was important because it\u00a0further highlights the dangers of raw milk consumption, which is already well-documented in scholarly journals.\u00a0\u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Berry Stand Strawberries
2011 \u00a0Oregon outbreak of E. coli O157:H7<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This investigation implicated strawberries from a local Oregon farmer as the source of an outbreak of E. coli<\/em> O157:H7 infections. \u00a0Read More

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Featured Exhibit: Milk Crates, Cartons & Jugs
2010 \u00a0outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This outbreak had a surprising twist: the milk itself was never contaminated!\u00a0 Rather, the problem stemmed from the milk crate washer machine on the roof of the Umpqua plant, where crates were contaminated on their way to be loaded up with cartons of milk. \u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Lian How White Pepper
2009 multi-state outbreak of Salmonella\u00a0Rissen<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>
Salmonella <\/em>Rissen is a very rare serotype in the US. \u00a0When Oregon, California, and Nevada all reported it within days of each other, it began a coordinated investigation between those states (later to be joined by Washington and Idaho). \u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Bagged Spinach
2006 multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This outbreak highlighted Inter-state health department cooperation. Using their homegrown\u00a0\"Shotgun\" hypothesis-generating\u00a0questionnaire,\u00a0Oregon epidemiologists identified that 4 out of 5 cases in Oregon consumed bagged spinach. \u00a0Read More

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Featured Exhibit: Cal-Farms Parsley
2005 Oregon\u00a0outbreak of E. coli O157:H7<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This 2005 McGrath's Fish House outbreak of E. coli<\/i> O157:H7 infections was traced back to parsley from Cal-Farms. \u00a0The journey to finding the source was interesting: 206 people interviewed, 64 ill people, extremely muddy field conditions, cattle near the flooded parsley fields, and even evidence of heavy deer presence. \u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Paramount & Raw Almonds
2004 outbreak of\u00a0Salmonella Enteritidis<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>
The Oregon State Public Health Laboratory identified a cluster of five patients infected with Salmonella<\/em> Enteritidis from four different counties. \u00a0Read More

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Featured Exhibit: Hydro-Harvest Sprouts
1999 \u00a0outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This was the largest \"sproutbreak\" of foodborne salmonellosis in Oregon since the multi-state and multi-national outbreak of Salmonella<\/em> Newport in 1996, in which alfalfa sprouts were also implicated as the vehicle of transmission. \u00a0Read More

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Featured Exhibit: Venison Jerky
1995\u00a0Oregon outbreak of E. coli O157:H7<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>
At a time when ground beef was thought to be the source of all foodborne E. coli<\/i> O157 infections, this was the first documentation of venison-associated E. coli<\/i> O157:H7 outbreak.\u00a0\u00a0Read More

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Featured Exhibit:\u00a0Frozen Oysters
2006 Oregon outbreak of Norovirus<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
Over 25,000 pounds of product from the same lot was embargoed by the FDA, which was then considering further restrictions on this type of product, which had been imported from Korea. \u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit:\u00a0Jack In The Box Hamburgers
1993 Oregon outbreak of\u00a0E. coli O157<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
This was the largest outbreak of E. coli<\/em> O157 infections ever documented in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0It injected this pathogen,\u00a0and threats to food safety in general,\u00a0into popular consciousness. \u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Cake Batter Ice Cream
2005\u00a0OR outbreak of\u00a0Salmonella Typhimurium<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
The vehicle for this outbreak was ice cream made with a contaminated cake mix ingredient. Four patients reported eating cake batter flavor ice cream from two separate outlets of Cold Stone Creamery.\u00a0\u00a0Read More
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Featured Exhibit: Sally Jackson Cheese
2010\u00a0Multi-state outbreak of\u00a0E. Coli O157:NM<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
An outbreak of E. Coli<\/em> O157:NM led to a recall and eventual permanent closure of a respected Pacific NW cheesemaker: Sally Jackson Cheese. Read More
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Featured Exhibit: Backyard Poultry Salmonella<\/em>
2015\u00a0Multi-state outbreak of\u00a0Salmonella<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
In January 2015, a coast to coast outbreak infected 252 people with four different strains of Salmonella<\/em> infections: Salmonella<\/em> Enteritidis, Salmonella<\/em> Hadar, Salmonella<\/em> Indiana, and Salmonella<\/em> M\u00fcnchen. Read More
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Featured Exhibit: Hip-Hop Measles
2007 Lane County, Oregon outbreak of\u00a0Measles<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
Two cases of measles (both unvaccinated) led to a cost of approximately $170,000 across local and state health departments and the related medical system.\u00a0\u00a0Read More
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Featured Exhibit: Raw Flour E. coli<\/em>
2016 Multi-state E. coli outbreak<\/em><\/span><\/h6>
63 people infected with E. coli<\/em> were reported across 24 states, with symptoms serious enough to hospitalize seventeen.\u00a0\u00a0Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Diaper Changing Station Noro
2012 Washington County, OR norovirus outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
Appearances were deceiving in what seemed to be a standard foodborne point-source outbreak from a restaurant.\u00a0Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Hubbard Splash Fountain
2003 Marion County, OR Shigella outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
Investigation of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that erupted among children in a small community in Oregon.\u00a0Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Shopping Bag Norovirus
2010 Single County, OR norovirus outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
Health officials made a rare discovery with this outbreak by identifying a reusable shopping bag as the vehicle for norovirus.\u00a0Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Listeria Soft Cheese
2013 Multi-state Listeria outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
This investigation resulted in perhaps the fastest identification of a commercially distributed food vehicle of a listeriosis outbreak.\u00a0\u00a0Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Hazelnut E. coli<\/em>
2011 Multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
This investigation showcased rapid collaboration between multiple state health departments and state departments of agriculture. \u00a0Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: TN Mountain Lodge
2010 Multi-state Clostridium perfringens outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
A 2010 outbreak of Clostridium perfringens<\/em> & Staphylococcus aureus<\/em> from canned beef at a hard-to-reach mountain lodge. Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Polka Festival C. perfringens
2011 Colorado Clostridium perfringens outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
A cluster of illnesses due to Clostridium perfringens <\/em>intoxication occurring following a catered dinner at a polka festival. Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: CO Cantaloupe Listeria<\/em>
2011 Colorado Listeria monocytogenes outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
In 2011 a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes<\/em> infected 147 people, including 143 hospitalizations and 33 deaths.\u00a0Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Angus Beef Patties
2007 Multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
This 2007 E. coli<\/em> outbreak investigation resulted in the recall of nearly one million pounds of ground beef. Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Chicken Liver Campylobacter<\/em>
2013 Multi-state Campylobacter jejuni outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
Six cases from three different states developed gastrointestinal illness after consuming under-cooked chicken livers. Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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Featured Exhibit: Holiday Lunch Buffet
2014 Florida Staphylococcus aureus & Bacillus cereus outbreak<\/span><\/em><\/h6>
141 were sickened in this gastrointestinal illness outbreak caused by lunch buffet turkey contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus<\/em> enterotoxins. Read More<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t
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