Comparing Characteristics of Sporadic and Outbreak-Associated Foodborne Illnesses, United States, 2004–2011

Autor: Karl C. Klontz, Curtis C. Travis, Michael S. Williams, Neal J. Golden, Eric D. Ebel, Dana Cole, Robert M. Hoekstra
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Salmonella
Epidemiology
Listeria
Salmonella bacteria
030106 microbiology
lcsh:Medicine
medicine.disease_cause
Escherichia coli O157
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Foodborne Illnesses
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental health
Campylobacter Infections
Humans
Medicine
lcsh:RC109-216
030212 general & internal medicine
bacteria
Escherichia coli Infections
Retrospective Studies
biology
business.industry
Research
enteric infections
Campylobacter
lcsh:R
Outbreak
biology.organism_classification
FoodNet
Virology
United States
Infectious Diseases
Comparing Characteristics of Sporadic and Outbreak-Associated Foodborne Illnesses
United States
2004–2011
Population Surveillance
Epidemiological Monitoring
Salmonella Infections
sporadic
disease outbreaks
foodborne diseases
Food Microbiology
business
Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 7, Pp 1193-1200 (2016)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
Popis: Our findings do not warrant rejecting the hypothesis that outbreak and sporadic illnesses are similar. Comparing Sporadic and Outbreak Foodborne Illness
Outbreak data have been used to estimate the proportion of illnesses attributable to different foods. Applying outbreak-based attribution estimates to nonoutbreak foodborne illnesses requires an assumption of similar exposure pathways for outbreak and sporadic illnesses. This assumption cannot be tested, but other comparisons can assess its veracity. Our study compares demographic, clinical, temporal, and geographic characteristics of outbreak and sporadic illnesses from Campylobacter, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria, and Salmonella bacteria ascertained by the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet). Differences among FoodNet sites in outbreak and sporadic illnesses might reflect differences in surveillance practices. For Campylobacter, Listeria, and Escherichia coli O157, outbreak and sporadic illnesses are similar for severity, sex, and age. For Salmonella, outbreak and sporadic illnesses are similar for severity and sex. Nevertheless, the percentage of outbreak illnesses in the youngest age category was lower. Therefore, we do not reject the assumption that outbreak and sporadic illnesses are similar.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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