TY - JOUR AU - Lindqvist, Roland AU - Andersson, Yvonne AU - Lindbäck, Johan AU - Wegscheider, Maria AU - Eriksson, Yvonne AU - Tideström, Lasse AU - Lagerqvist-Widh, Angela AU - Hedlund, Kjell-Olof AU - Löfdahl, Sven AU - Svensson, Lennart AU - Norinder, Anna T1 - A One-Year Study of Foodborne Illnesses in the Municipality of Uppsala, Sweden T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 7 SP - 588 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Surveillance was enhanced and a retrospective interview study performed in 1998-99 to determine incidence, causes, and costs of foodborne illnesses in Uppsala, Sweden. Sixty-eight percent of the detected foodborne illness incidents were single cases, and 32% were outbreaks. Most (85%) of the incidents came to the attention of the municipal authorities through telephone calls from affected persons. Calicivirus, Campylobacter spp., and Staphyloccocus aureus were the most common etiological agents; meat, meat products, and mixed dishes were the most implicated food categories. The incidence of foodborne illness was estimated to be 38 cases per 1,000 inhabitants per year. The estimated average costs per illness were 2,164 Swedish Krona (SEK) ($246) to society and 500 SEK ($57) to the patient. The annual cost of foodborne illnesses in Sweden was estimated to be 1,082 million SEK ($123 million). KW - food microbiology KW - food poisoning KW - food epidemiology KW - gastroenteritis KW - microbiology KW - health-care costs KW - illness costs KW - Sweden DO - 10.3201/eid0707.017742 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/01-7742_article ER - End of Reference