Estimate of illnesses from Salmonella enteritidis in eggs, United States, 2000.
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.
Schroeder
Carl M
CM
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
Naugle
Alecia Larew
AL
Schlosser
Wayne D
WD
Hogue
Allan T
AT
Angulo
Frederick J
FJ
Rose
Jonathon S
JS
Ebel
Eric D
ED
Disney
W Terry
WT
Holt
Kristin G
KG
Goldman
David P
DP
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