About FPAdvisor

The purpose of FPAdvisor is to allow investigators to consider a wide range of disease possibilities (contained in the FPAdvisor database) in a food borne disease investigation at computer speed. Presently, there is a tendency to consider only a handful of causative agents that are frequently involved in foodborne disease outbreaks.

By entering known information such as the incubation period, specific symptoms, type of food, etc., the program will generate a limited list of disease possibilities. The investigator can then choose to view or print details of each disease possibility. Some can be readily ruled out while others may warrant laboratory or other investigative follow up.

The database has been in use since 1992 and is believed to be free of error. If you find any errors in the database, please contact us.

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