2016 Top Pathogen-Food Pairs
2016 Top Food-Pathogen Pairs
Pathogen-Food Pairs Causing Outbreaks in 2016
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Pathogen | Food category | Number of outbreaks | Number of outbreak-associated illnesses |
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Scombroid toxin (histamine) | Fish | 12 | 35 |
Ciguatoxin | Fish | 11 | 33 |
Salmonella | Chicken | 8 | 307 |
Campylobacter | Dairy (unpasteurized) | 7 | 57 |
Norovirus | Mollusks* | 6 | 209 |
Salmonella | Pork | 6 | 96 |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Mollusks* | 6 | 19 |
Pathogen-Food Pairs Causing Outbreak-associated Illnesses in 2016
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Pathogens | Food category | Number of outbreaks | Number of outbreak-associated illnesses |
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Bacillus cereus | Grains and Beans | 5 | 348 |
Salmonella | Chicken | 8 | 307 |
Hepatitis A virus | Mollusks* | 1 | 281 |
Norovirus | Mollusks* | 6 | 209 |
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin | Pork | 4 | 170 |
*Such as oysters and scallops