Recency-Weighted Statistical Modeling Approach to Attribute Illnesses Caused by 4 Pathogens to Food Sources Using Outbreak Data, United States
Michael B. Batz

, LaTonia C. Richardson, Michael C. Bazaco, Cary Chen Parker, Stuart J. Chirtel, Dana Cole
1, Neal J. Golden, Patricia M. Griffin, Weidong Gu
2, Susan K. Schmitt
3, Beverly J. Wolpert, Joanna S. Zablotsky Kufel, and R. Michael Hoekstra
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Author affiliations: US Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA (M.B. Batz, M.C. Bazaco, C. Chen Parker, S.J. Chirtel, B.J. Wolpert); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.C. Richardson, D. Cole, P.M. Griffin, W. Gu, R.M. Hoekstra); US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA (N.J. Golden, S.K. Schmitt, J.S. Zablotsky Kufel)
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Figure 1. Number of reported illnesses for foodborne disease outbreaks caused by a single pathogen and attributable to a single food category, using linear and log scales, for Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter, Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System, United States, 1998–2012.
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