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Robert V. Tauxe is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields focusing primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine.

The main subfields of study in their work include Food Science, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Biotechnology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, notably:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Frequent co-authors of Robert V. Tauxe include:

  • Kirk Smith
  • Sarah Lathrop
  • Logan Ray
  • Tamara Rissman
  • Daniel C. Payne

Common venues where they have published include:

  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • UNC Libraries
  • PubMed
  • American Journal of Epidemiology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert V. Tauxe include:

  • Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016-2019. (2020, PubMed)
  • Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016-2019 (2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes >30 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Persons Aged <18 Years - United States, March 1, 2020-June 28, 2021 (2022, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Decreased Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2017-2020 (2021, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2022 (2023, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Best Publications

  • Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens

    Elaine Scallan;Robert M. Hoekstra;Frederick J. Angulo;Robert V. Tauxe

  • Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States

    Paul S. Mead;Laurence Slutsker;Vance Dietz;Linda F. McCaig

  • The Epidemiology of Infections Caused by Escherichia coli O157: H7, Other Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and the Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

    Patricia M. Griffin;Robert V. Tauxe

  • THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF APPENDICITIS AND APPENDECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES

    David G. Addiss;Nathan Shaffer;Barbara S. Fowler;Robert V. Tauxe

  • Practice Guidelines for the Management of Infectious Diarrhea

    Richard L. Guerrant;Thomas Van Gilder;Ted S. Steiner;Nathan M. Thielman

  • Fresh produce: a growing cause of outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States, 1973 through 1997.

    Sumathi Sivapalasingam;Cindy R. Friedman;Linda Cohen;Robert V. Tauxe

  • Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by using Outbreak Data, United States, 1998–2008

    John A. Painter;Robert M. Hoekstra;Tracy Ayers;Robert V. Tauxe

  • PulseNet: the molecular subtyping network for foodborne bacterial disease surveillance, United States.

    Bala Swaminathan;Timothy J. Barrett;Susan B. Hunter;Robert V. Tauxe

  • Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016–2019

    Danielle M. Tack;Ellyn P. Marder;Patricia M. Griffin;Paul R. Cieslak

  • Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni infections in the United States and other industrialized nations

    C. R. Friedman;J. Neimann;Henrik Caspar Wegener;R. V. Tauxe

  • Foodborne illness acquired in the United States--unspecified agents.

    Elaine Scallan;Patricia M. Griffin;Frederick J. Angulo;Robert V. Tauxe

  • Preliminary FoodNet data on the incidence of infection with pathogens transmitted commonly through food - 10 states, 2008.

    D. Vugia;A. Cronquist;M. Cartter;M. Tobin-D'Angelo

  • Yersinia Enterocolitica Infections and Pork - the Missing Link

    R.V. Tauxe;G. Wauters;V. Goossens;R.Van Noyen

  • FoodNet Estimate of the Burden of Illness Caused by Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections in the United States

    Andrew C. Voetsch;Thomas J. Van Gilder;Frederick J. Angulo;Monica M. Farley

  • Emerging Foodborne Diseases: An Evolving Public Health Challenge

    Robert V. Tauxe

  • A Large Community Outbreak of Salmonellosis Caused by Intentional Contamination of Restaurant Salad Bars

    Thomas J. Török;Robert V. Tauxe;Robert P. Wise;John R. Livengood

  • Illnesses associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. A broad clinical spectrum.

    Patricia M. Griffin;Stephen M. Ostroff;Robert V. Tauxe;Katherine D. Greene

  • Risk Factors for Sporadic Campylobacter Infection in the United States: A Case-Control Study in FoodNet Sites

    Cindy R. Friedman;Robert M. Hoekstra;Michael Samuel;Ruthanne Marcus

  • Emerging foodborne pathogens.

    Robert V. Tauxe

  • Microbial Hazards and Emerging Issues Associated with Produce † A Preliminary Report to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiologic Criteria for Foods.

    R. Tauxe;H. Kruse;C. Hedberg;M. Potter

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia M. Griffin
Patricia M. Griffin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Eric D. Mintz
Eric D. Mintz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joy G. Wells
Joy G. Wells Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Frederick J. Angulo
Frederick J. Angulo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Duc J. Vugia
Duc J. Vugia California Department of Public Health
Kirk E. Smith
Kirk E. Smith University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jaap A. Wagenaar
Jaap A. Wagenaar Utrecht University
Laurence Slutsker
Laurence Slutsker Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David L. Swerdlow
David L. Swerdlow Pfizer (United States)
Timothy J. Barrett
Timothy J. Barrett University of Birmingham

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