Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Letter
Estimating Underdetection of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks (Response)
Laura Ford1
, Julie L. Self1, Karen K. Wong, Robert M. Hoekstra, Robert V. Tauxe, Erica Billig Rose, and Beau B. Bruce
, Julie L. Self1, Karen K. Wong, Robert M. Hoekstra, Robert V. Tauxe, Erica Billig Rose, and Beau B. Bruce
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![Log-log scale of foodborne Salmonella and norovirus outbreak size versus frequency from a power law for estimating underdetection of foodborne outbreaks, United States. Actual Salmonella (blue points) versus expected Salmonella (blue line) using laboratory-confirmed cases (minimum threshold 21, 90% credible interval [CrI] 11–43; slope 2.2, 90% CrI 2.1–2.5) and actual norovirus (red points) versus expected norovirus (red line) using estimated cases (minimum threshold 42, 90% CrI 22–123; slope 2.6, 90% CrI 2.3–3.3).](/eid/images/24-1351-F1.jpg)
Figure. Log-log scale of foodborne Salmonella and norovirus outbreak size versus frequency from a power law for estimating underdetection of foodborne outbreaks, United States. Actual Salmonella (blue points) versus expected Salmonella (blue line) using laboratory-confirmed cases (minimum threshold 21, 90% credible interval [CrI] 11–43; slope 2.2, 90% CrI 2.1–2.5) and actual norovirus (red points) versus expected norovirus (red line) using estimated cases (minimum threshold 42, 90% CrI 22–123; slope 2.6, 90% CrI 2.3–3.3).
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
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