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2011 Estimates of Foodborne Illness: Articles for Download

• Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens
  E. Scallan et al.
  • PDF Version [PDF - 9 pages]
• Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Unspecified Agents
  E. Scallan et al.
  • PDF version [PDF - 7 pages]
• How Safe Is Our Food?
  J. G. Morris
  • PDF version [PDF - 3 pages]

2011 Estimates of Foodborne Illness: Tables and Appendices for Download

• 31 Pathogens Causing US Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, 2000–2008 [PDF - 1 page]
• Foodborne Illness—Major Pathogens, Expanded Tables 1–3 [PDF - 3 pages]
  • Table 1. Modeling approaches used to estimate the total number of illnesses for different types of data, United States
    • Table 1 [PDF - 1 page]
  • Table 2. Estimated annual number of episodes of illnesses caused by 31 pathogens, United States
    • Table 2 [PDF - 1 page]
  • Table 3. Estimated annual number of hospitalizations and deaths caused by 31 pathogens, United States
    • Table 3 [PDF - 1 page]
  • Table A1. Data sources used to estimate illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths caused by 31 pathogens transmitted through food, United States
• Technical Appendices
  • Technical Appendix 1: Overview of Methods and Summary of Data Sources [PDF - 38 pages]
  • Technical Appendix 2: Model Structures Used to Make Estimates [PDF - 14 pages]
  • Technical Appendix 3: Estimation and Uncertainty Model Inputs for 31 Major Known Pathogens Transmitted Through Food [PDF - 60 pages]
  • Technical Appendix 4: Data Used to Estimate Passive and Outbreak Surveillance Underreporting Multipliers--Passive surveillance underreporting multipliers [PDF - 6 pages]

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Estimates of Foodborne Illness: Fact Sheets

• 2012 Foodborne Illness Estimates Partner Fact Sheet [PDF - 2 pages]
• 2011 Estimates of Foodborne Illness: Findings
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 140 KB]
• 2011 Methods
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 560 KB]
• 1999 Methods
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 1.70 MB]
• Improvements in 2011 Estimates
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 96 KB]
• Differences between 2011 and 1999 Estimates
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 106 KB]

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General CDC Foodborne Illness: Select Articles

• Select foodborne illness publications
• Select foodborne illness media articles

General CDC Foodborne Illness: Fact Sheets

• Trends in Foodborne Illness
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 339 KB]
• CDC Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems
  • HTML version
  • PDF version [PDF - 126 KB]
• Food Safety Overviews
• Norovirus
• Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net)

General CDC Foodborne Illness: Medscape Commentaries

• CDC Expert Commentaries on Medscape are part of a collaboration between CDC and Medscape.
• CDC contributes regular Medscape commentaries on Food Safety.

General CDC Foodborne Illness: Other Resources

• A-Z Index for Foodborne Illness
• Questions and Answers about Foodborne Illness

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