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CDC Report on Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Through Food for 2016
The CDC report describes surveillance data for 2016 nine pathogens (Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia). The data of 2016 is compared with the data from 2013-2015. FoodNet identified 24,029 infections, 5,512 hospitalizations, and 98 deaths caused by these pathogens. The data include both incidents confirmed by culturing the organisms and culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs). CIDT can identify (by rapid diagnostic tests) the general type of bacteria causing illness within hours, without having to culture or grow the bacteria in a laboratory. This is the first time that the CDC report also includes CIDTs (total number of infections from bacterial infections diagnosed only by...