Publications by authors named "Jennifer Fiddner"
Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4 cases of laboratory-associated Zika virus disease in the United States during 2016-2019. Of these, 2 were associated with needlestick injuries; for the other 2 cases, the route of transmission was undetermined.
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- The 2018 outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in New Jersey and Pennsylvania was linked to a restaurant chain and prompted a national investigation by the CDC following reports of multiple infections.
- A total of 240 cases were identified across 37 states, with 104 patients hospitalized and 5 fatalities, most of whom had consumed romaine lettuce shortly before falling ill.
- The investigation traced the contaminated lettuce back to distributors in the Yuma growing region, highlighting the challenges of managing foodborne illness outbreaks caused by environmental contamination.