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British Medical Bulletin 56:133-141 (2000)
© 2000 The British Council

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Economic aspects of food-borne outbreaks and their control

Jennifer A Roberts

Collaborative Centre for Economics of Infectious Disease, Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK

Correspondence to Dr Jennifer A Roberts, Collaborative Centre for Economics of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1 7HT, UK

Abstract

This paper begins with a discussion of the definition of an outbreak. It considers the portion of outbreaks in the general pattern of food-borne infectious disease. The methods used to identify outbreaks are described and the importance of the potential benefits and the economic impact of outbreak recognition and control and are discussed. The paper concludes by illustrating the economic impact of intervention using three infectious diseases botulism, Salmonella and Escherichia coli 0157 as case studies of outbreaks.


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