MINNEAPOLIS — In its annual report on foodborne disease outbreaks, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that in 2008, norovirus was the most common confirmed cause and that poultry topped the list of implicated food commodities, reports the Minnesota-based Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy.
The CDC report, which appears in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, compiles cases from 2008, the most recent year for which data are complete. In last year's report for 2007, norovirus was also the most commonly implicated cause, and poultry was the most frequently listed commodity.
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