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USPHS Captain Robert V. Tauxe, MD, MPH, is the Deputy Director for Science of the Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Disease Division[1] of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a 25-year veteran of the Public Health Service and has been involved in many domestic and foreign epidemiologic projects, including the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack[2], the South American cholera pandemic of the early 1990s [3], and publicizing the connection between helicobacter Pylori and peptic ulcers. Most recently he was involved with and widely quoted regarding the CDC's investigation of the massive 2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak[4].

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  1. ^ About | CDC DFBMD
  2. ^ T. J. Török, R. V. Tauxe, R. P. Wise, J. R. Livengood, R. Sokolow, S. Mauvais, K. A. Birkness, M. R. Skeels, J. M. Horan and L. R. Foster (August 6, 1997). "A Large Community Outbreak of Salmonellosis Caused by Intentional Contamination of Restaurant Salad Bars". Journal of the American Medical Association 278 (5): Pages 389–395. doi:10.1001/jama.278.5.389. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.[1]
  3. ^ Tauxe, Robert V. and Paul A. Blake. 1992. Epidemic Cholera in Latin America. Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 267 no. 10: 1388-1390.
  4. ^ Salmonella Blog (2008-06-30). "CDC's Tauxe Says Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Investigation Now Looking Beyond Tomatoes". Retrieved 2008-06-30.
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