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Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014
Research

Foodborne Illness, Australia, Circa 2000 and Circa 2010

Martyn KirkComments to Author , Laura Ford, Kathryn Glass, and Gillian Hall
Author affiliations: Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Table 1

Estimated number of gastroenteritis cases caused by domestically acquired pathogens, Australia, circa 2010*

Causative agent Total no. cases, median (90% CrI) % Cases caused by contaminated food, median (90% CrI) No. cases caused by contaminated food, median (90% CrI)
Bacterium
Bacillus cereus 3,350 (900–10,100) 100 (98–100) 3,350 (900–10,100)
Campylobacter spp. 234,000 (147,000–374,000) 77 (62–89) 179,000 (108,500–290,000)
Clostridium perfringens 16,500 (2,600–53,400) 98 (86–100) 16,100 (2,550–50,600)
STEC 4,300 (2,050–9,500) 56 (32–83) 2,350 (950–5,850)
Other pathogenic E. coli 1,100,000 (833,000–1,450,000) 23 (8–55) 255,000 (85,800–632,000)
Salmonella spp, nontyphoidal 56,200 (31,900–101,000) 72 (53–86) 39,600 (21,200–73,400)
Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi 20 (8–45) 75 (2–97) 15 (5–30)
Shigella spp. 3,000 (1,650–5,400) 12 (5–23) 350 (150–850)
Staphylococcus aureus 1,300 (200–7,050) 100 (95–100) 1,300 (200–7,000)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus 60 (15–170) 75 (5–96) 40 (10–120)
Yersinia enterocolitica
1,500 (900–2,500)
84 (28–94)
1,150 (650–1,950)
Virus
Adenovirus 88,400 (28,800–205,000) 2 (1–3) 1,650 (500–4,650)
Astrovirus 67,100 (20,900–155,000) 2 (1–3) 1,300 (350–3,400)
Norovirus 1,550,000 (1,220,000–1,940,000) 18 (5–35) 276,000 (78,100–563,000)
Rotavirus 44,800 (18,500–90,800) 2 (1–3) 850 (300–2,000)
Sapovirus
81,600 (63,400–102,000)
18 (5–35)
15,000 (7,450–24,300)
Parasite
Cryptosporidium spp. 17,900 (8,150–39,800) 10 (1–27) 1,700 (150–6,100)
Giardia lamblia
32,800 (19,800–56,400)
6 (1–50)
3,700 (800–10,600)
Subtotal
3,090,000 (2,810,000–3,900,000)
25 (13–42)
798,000 (528,000–1,310,000)
Unknown etiology
12,800,000 (10,500,000–14,500,000)
25 (13–42)
3,310,000 (1,800,000–5,152,000)
Total 15,900,000 (13,700,000–18,000,000) 25 (13–42) 4,110,000 (2,330,000–6,390,000)

*All estimates were based on an empirical distribution of the Australian population in the June quarter of 2006–2010; for the parameters of these distributions, see online Technical Appendix 4 (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/article/2011/13-1315-Techapp4.pdf). CrI, credible interval; E. coli, Escherichia coli; STEC, Shiga toxin–producing E. coli.

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