Little change in foodborne illness rates in recent years, CDC reports.A NEW 10-STATE report shows little change in the incidence of some foodborne illnesses after a significant period of decline. The report, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. in April, found that in 2007 common foodborne pathogens such as campylobacter Campylobacter Genus of gram-negative spiral-shaped bacteria infecting mammals. Many species, especially C. fetus, cause miscarriage in sheep and cattle. C. jejuni is a common cause of food poisoning. Sources include meats (particularly chicken) and unpasteurized milk. , listeria, salmonella, shigella, E. coli 0157, vibrio vibrio Any of a group of aquatic, comma-shaped bacteria in the family Vibrionaceae. Some species cause serious diseases in humans and other animals. They are gram-negative (see and yersinia Yersinia A genus of bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family. The bacteria appear as gram-negative rods and share many physiological properties with related Escherichia coli. Of the 11 species of Yersinia, Y. pestis, Y. enterocolitica, and Y. did not decline significantly, and the estimated incidence of cryptosporidium --commonly a waterborne pathogen--actually increased when compared with the previous three years. While there have been significant declines in the incidence of some foodborne illnesses since CDC's surveillance began in 1996, the declines all occurred before 2004. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The report was based on data from CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, or FoodNet, and includes information on the 17,883 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection in FoodNet surveillance areas. The report, "Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food--10 States, United States, 2007," was published in the April 11 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) is a weekly epidemiological digest for the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 5 June 1981 issue of the MMWR published the cases of five men in what turned out to be the first report of AIDS. . More on FoodNet is available at www.cdc.gov/foodnet. |
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