Incidence of foodborne illnesses: preliminary data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)--United States, 1998.

Authors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

Source

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1999 Mar 12; 48(9) :189-94.

Abstract

Estimates of the magnitude of foodborne illness in the United States have been imprecise. To quantify, better understand, and more precisely monitor foodborne illness, since 1996 the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) has collected data to monitor nine foodborne diseases in selected U.S. sites. This report describes preliminary data from FoodNet surveillance for 1998 and compares findings with those for 1996 and 1997; compared with 1996, the overall incidence of the foodborne illnesses under surveillance during 1998 declined, particularly for salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis, and the data continued to demonstrate regional and seasonal differences in the reported incidence of diseases.

Mesh

Foodborne Diseases
Humans
Incidence
Population Surveillance
United States

Language

eng

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

PubMed ID

10208124