Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
Research
Estimated Annual Numbers of Foodborne Pathogen–Associated Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, France, 2008–2013
Dieter Van Cauteren
, Yann Le Strat, Cécile Sommen, Mathias Bruyand, Mathieu Tourdjman, Nathalie Jourdan Da Silva, Elisabeth Couturier, Nelly Fournet, Henriette de Valk, and Jean-Claude Desenclos
, Yann Le Strat, Cécile Sommen, Mathias Bruyand, Mathieu Tourdjman, Nathalie Jourdan Da Silva, Elisabeth Couturier, Nelly Fournet, Henriette de Valk, and Jean-Claude Desenclos
Table 2
Methods used to estimate the number of pathogen-specific hospitalizations, France, 2008–2013*
| Pathogen | Method |
|---|---|
| Bacillus cereus | Proportion of hospitalizations for AG applied to annual no. of illnesses for the pathogen |
| Campylobacter spp. | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Clostridium botulinum | Mandatory notification data |
| Clostridium perfringens | Proportion of hospitalizations for AG applied to annual no. of illnesses for the pathogen |
| Hepatitis A virus | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Hepatitis E virus | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Listeria monocytogenes | Mandatory notification data |
| Norovirus | Proportion of hospitalizations for AG applied to annual no. of illnesses for the pathogen |
| Salmonella spp., nontyphoidal | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli | Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. data used as a proxy |
| Shigella spp. | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Proportion of hospitalizations for AG applied to annual no. of illnesses for the pathogen |
| Taenia saginata | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Toxoplasma gondii | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
| Yersinia spp. | Annual no. persons hospitalized with a specific ICD-10 code in FHIS |
*AG, acute gastroenteritis; FHIS, French Hospital Information System; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/).
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