title: Calculating a measure of overall change in the incidence of selected laboratory-confirmed infections with pathogens transmitted commonly through food in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 1996-2010.
abstract: To measure overall change in the incidence of illness, we combined data for infections caused by 6 bacterial pathogens monitored by the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network for which >50% of illnesses are estimated to be transmitted by food. The overall incidence for these pathogens was 23% lower in 2010 than during the period 1996-1998. This estimate provides a summary of changes in incidence of infection for these pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA. ohenao@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Olga L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Henao
authors.forename: Stacy M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Crim
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology