Estimating the Burden of Acute Gastroenteritis, Foodborne Disease, and Pathogens Commonly Transmitted by Food: An International Review | Zendy

Jason Flint | Zendy; Y T van Duynhoven | Zendy; F. J. Angulo | Zendy; Stephanie M. DeLong | Zendy; Peggy G. Braun | Zendy; Martyn Kirk | Zendy; Elaine Scallan | Zendy; Margaret Fitzgerald | Zendy; Goutam K. Adak | Zendy; Paul Sockett | Zendy; Andrea Ellis | Zendy; G. HALL | Zendy; Neyla Gargouri | Zendy; Henry Walke | Zendy; P. Braam | Zendy

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Estimating the Burden of Acute Gastroenteritis, Foodborne Disease, and Pathogens Commonly Transmitted by Food: An International Review

Author(s) -

Jason Flint,

Y T van Duynhoven,

F. J. Angulo,

Stephanie M. DeLong,

Peggy G. Braun,

Martyn Kirk,

Elaine Scallan,

Margaret Fitzgerald,

Goutam K. Adak,

Paul Sockett,

Andrea Ellis,

G. HALL,

Neyla Gargouri,

Henry Walke,

P. Braam

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/432064

Subject(s) - acute gastroenteritis , medicine , environmental health , burden of disease , disease burden , disease , public health , disease surveillance , global health , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , population , pathology

The burden of foodborne disease is not well defined in many countries or regions or on a global level. The World Health Organization (WHO), in conjunction with other national public health agencies, is coordinating a number of international activities designed to assist countries in the strengthening of disease surveillance and to determine the burden of acute gastroenteritis. These data can then be used to estimate the following situations: (1) the burden associated with acute gastroenteritis of foodborne origin, (2) the burden caused by specific pathogens commonly transmitted by food, and (3) the burden caused by specific foods or food groups. Many of the scientists collaborating with the WHO on these activities have been involved in quantifying the burden of acute gastroenteritis on a national basis. This article reviews these key national studies and the international efforts that are providing the necessary information and technical resources to derive national, regional, and global burden of disease estimates.

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