TY - JOUR AU - Van Cauteren, Dieter AU - Le Strat, Yann AU - Sommen, Cécile AU - Bruyand, Mathias AU - Tourdjman, Mathieu AU - Da Silva, Nathalie Jourdan AU - Couturier, Elisabeth AU - Fournet, Nelly AU - de Valk, Henriette AU - Desenclos, Jean-Claude T1 - Estimated Annual Numbers of Foodborne Pathogen–Associated Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, France, 2008–2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 9 SP - 1486 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Estimates of the annual numbers of foodborne illnesses and associated hospitalizations and deaths are needed to set priorities for surveillance, prevention, and control strategies. The objective of this study was to determine such estimates for 2008–2013 in France. We considered 15 major foodborne pathogens (10 bacteria, 3 viruses, and 2 parasites) and estimated that each year, the pathogens accounted for 1.28–2.23 million illnesses, 16,500–20,800 hospitalizations, and 250 deaths. Campylobacter spp., nontyphoidal Salmonella spp., and norovirus accounted for >70% of all foodborne pathogen–associated illnesses and hospitalizations; nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes were the main causes of foodborne pathogen–associated deaths; and hepatitis E virus appeared to be a previously unrecognized foodborne pathogen causing ≈68,000 illnesses in France every year. The substantial annual numbers of foodborne illnesses and associated hospitalizations and deaths in France highlight the need for food-safety policymakers to prioritize foodborne disease prevention and control strategies. KW - illness KW - hospitalization KW - death KW - France KW - epidemiology KW - foodborne disease KW - surveillance KW - prevention KW - control KW - foodborne pathogens KW - bacteria KW - parasites KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2309.170081 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/9/17-0081_article ER - End of Reference