title: Trends in the Epidemiology of Campylobacteriosis in Israel (1999-2012).
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the recent trends in the epidemiology of campylobacteriosis in Israel. A Sentinel Laboratory-Based Surveillance Network for Bacterial Enteric Diseases was established in Israel by the Israel Center for Disease Control (ICDC). This network generated data on subjects from whom Campylobacter spp. was isolated in community and hospital laboratories. Further characterization of the isolates was done at the Campylobacter National Reference Laboratory. Data from these two sources were integrated and analyzed at the ICDC. Between 1999 and 2012, 40,978 Campylobacter stool isolates were reported to the ICDC by the sentinel laboratories. The incidence rate of campylobacteriosis increased from 65.7 per 100,000 in 1999 to 101.7 per 100,000 in 2012. This increase resulted from a significant rise in the incidence of campylobacteriosis in the Jewish population which, since 2009, surpassed the consistent higher incidence of the disease in Israeli Arabs. The peak morbidity in Israel consistently occurred in late spring, with a risk excess in males compared with females, in younger age groups and earlier in the life span among Arabs than among Jews and others. These results suggest that further analytical studies should be carried out to identify risk factors responsible for the increased incidence of campylobacteriosis and better direct prevention and control of the disease in Israel.
authors.affiliation: 1 Israel Center for Disease Control , Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel .|2 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel .
authors.forename: Ravit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bassal
authors.affiliation: 3 Central Campylobacter Laboratory , Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel .
authors.forename: Larisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.affiliation: 3 Central Campylobacter Laboratory , Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel .
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valinsky
authors.affiliation: 3 Central Campylobacter Laboratory , Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel .
authors.forename: Vered
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Agmon
authors.affiliation: 4 Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel .
authors.forename: Nehama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peled
authors.affiliation: 5 Hadassah Medical Centers , Jerusalem, Israel .
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Block
authors.affiliation: 6 Chaim Sheba Medical Center , Ramat Gan, Israel .
authors.forename: Nati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.affiliation: 7 Haemek Medical Center , Afula, Israel .
authors.forename: Yoram
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Keness
authors.affiliation: 8 Central Laboratory , Maccabi Health Services, Rehovot, Israel .
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taran
authors.affiliation: 8 Central Laboratory , Maccabi Health Services, Rehovot, Israel .
authors.forename: Bracha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shainberg
authors.affiliation: 9 Central Laboratory , Clalit Health Services, Haifa, Israel .
authors.forename: Shifra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ken-Dror
authors.affiliation: 10 Central Laboratory , Meuhedet Health Services, Lod, Israel .
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authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Treygerman
authors.affiliation: 10 Central Laboratory , Meuhedet Health Services, Lod, Israel .
authors.forename: Tsvi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rouach
authors.affiliation: 11 Central Laboratory , Clalit Health Services, Tel-Aviv, Israel .
authors.forename: Shulamit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lowenthal
authors.affiliation: 1 Israel Center for Disease Control , Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel .|2 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel .
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shohat
authors.affiliation: 2 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel .
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018912:Arabs; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D007585:Jews; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult