title: [Prevalence of emerging foodborne pathogens and illness: Campylobacter and Listeria].
abstract: This study evaluated the proportion of food samples, examined by the Italian Istituti Zooprofilattici Sperimentali (Experimental Zooprophylactic Institutes) in the years 2000-2005, positive for Campylobacter and Listeria. A correlation was found between food samples found positive for Listeria in the years 2002-2005 and the number of hospitalisations for Listeria illness in the same years (as reported in hospital discharge abstract forms). This confirms that attention should be given in the evaluation of phenomena known to be under reported and for which data are collected and analysed by different methods.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Igiene Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma.
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ferriero
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Damiani
authors.forename: Caterina Bianca
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Neve
authors.forename: Aurora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ronconi
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laurenti
mesh_terms: D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008087:Listeria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D015995:Prevalence