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Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Research

Comparing Characteristics of Sporadic and Outbreak-Associated Foodborne Illnesses, United States, 2004–2011

Eric D. Ebel, Michael S. WilliamsComments to Author , Dana Cole, Curtis C. Travis, Karl C. Klontz, Neal J. Golden, and Robert M. Hoekstra
Author affiliations: US Department of Agriculture District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA (E.D. Ebel, M.S. Williams, N.J. Golden); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D. Cole, R.M. Hoekstra); Leidos Incorporated, Reston, Virginia, USA (C.C. Travis); Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA (K.C. Klontz)

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Table 1

Number of outbreak cases versus sporadic cases and outbreak fraction, FoodNet data, United States, 2004–2011*

Pathogen
 Outbreak cases
 Sporadic cases
 Outbreak fraction, %
Campylobacter 195 42,744 0.5
Escherichia coli O157 730 3,117 19.0
Listeria 56 1,024 5.2
Salmonella 3,161 50,690 5.9

*Representing 101,717 reports with complete data for all study variables out of 110,157 total reports. FoodNet, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network.

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