title: Estimate of illnesses from Salmonella enteritidis in eggs, United States, 2000.
abstract: Results from our model suggest that eating Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis-contaminated shell eggs caused 182,060 illnesses in the United States during 2000. Uncertainty about the estimate ranged from 81,535 (5th percentile) to 276,500 illnesses (95th percentile). Our model provides but 1 approach for estimating foodborne illness and quantifying estimate uncertainty.
authors.affiliation: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of Public Health Science, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 333 Aerospace Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700, USA. carl.schroeder@fsis.usda.gov
authors.forename: Carl M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Alecia Larew
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Naugle
authors.forename: Wayne D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Schlosser
authors.forename: Allan T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Hogue
authors.forename: Frederick J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.forename: Jonathon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Ebel
authors.forename: W Terry
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Disney
authors.forename: Kristin G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004528:Egg Shell / Q000382:microbiology; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology