An assessment of the human health impact of seven leading foodborne pathogens in the United States using disability adjusted life years
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SUMMARY: We explored the overall impact of foodborne disease caused by seven leading foodborne pathogens in the United States using the disability adjusted life year (DALY). We defined health states for each pathogen (acute illness and sequelae) and estimated the average annual incidence of each health state using data from public health surveillance and previously published estimates from studies in the United States, Canada and Europe. These pathogens caused about 112 000 DALYs annually due to foodborne illnesses acquired in the United States. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (32 900) and Toxoplasma (32 700) caused the most DALYs, followed by Campylobacter (22 500), norovirus (9900), Listeria monocytogenes (8800), Clostridium perfringens (4000), and Escherichia coli O157 (1200). These estimates can be used to prioritize food safety interventions. Future estimates of the burden of foodborne disease in DALYs would be improved by addressing important data gaps and by the development and validation of US-specific disability weights for foodborne diseases.
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In many low- and middle-income countries, contamination of complementary foods is one of the major factors that compromise the nutritional outcome of complementary feeding.
“In many low-and middle-income countries, contamination of complementary foods is one of the major factors that compromise the nutritional outcome of complementary feeding largely due to the occurrence of diarrheagenic foodborne diseases caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella and Escherichia coli among others [5].”
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- Authors
- SCALLAN, E., HOEKSTRA, R. M., MAHON, B. E., JONES, T. F., & GRIFFIN, P. M.
- Affiliations
- Colorado School of Public Health (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Tennessee Department of Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- SCALLAN, E.
- Venue
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2015-01-30
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 2795-2804
- ISSN
- 0950-2688 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-4409
- PMC
- PMC9151020
- OpenAlex
- W2148629428
- Semantic Scholar
- 022595323a291b183a884ee0585260eb69655caf
- Cited by
- 296
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 6
- FWCI
- 42.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Epidemiology and Infection (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U60HM000803, 1U60HM 000803)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Safety and Hygiene
- Keywords
- foodborne pathogens, disability-adjusted life years, non-typhoidal Salmonella, Toxoplasma gondii, Campylobacter, norovirus, Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli O157, disability weights
- MeSH terms
- Campylobacter Infections, Clostridium Infections, Escherichia coli Infections, Food Microbiology, Foodborne Diseases, Humans, Listeriosis, Population Surveillance, Salmonella Food Poisoning, Toxoplasmosis, United States, Incidence, Caliciviridae Infections, Cost of Illness, Quality-Adjusted Life Years, Food Safety
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