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Figure 6. PulseNet electronic communication.Figure 7. PulseNet USA.Figure 9 provides an example of how it works. These are cases of E. coli O157H7 inOregon in 2006. Interviews of all of these cases showed a variety of exposures, whereas asubset, sharing a common PFGE pattern, revealed that these individuals had consumedfresh, bagged spinach. It is safe to say that, in the absence of this system, this outbreak—199 cases in twenty-six states, three deaths, and thirty-one cases of hemolytic uremic178 <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Security</strong>: The Intersection of Sustainability, Safety and Defense

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