PulseNet compares the DNA fingerprints of bacteria from patients to find clusters of disease that might represent unrecognized outbreaks. Health officials can’t stop an outbreak, and industry and regulatory agencies can’t make changes to our food and water delivery systems, if they don’t know that outbreaks are occurring. That’s where PulseNet comes in.
What's New
PulseNet International: Expanding to use WGS for foodborne disease surveillance
New CDC tool: Map of Investments to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
PulseNet Success Stories: Achievements of our State Health Departments
Future Challenges for Tracking Foodborne Diseases [PDF – 7 pages]
Whole-Genome Sequencing is Taking over Foodborne Disease Surveillance – Microbe Magazine [PDF – 7 pages] Online Version
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- Page last updated: June 9, 2017
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