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A Linear Model for Managing the Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance Originating in Food Animals
Author(s) -
Bartholomew Mary J.,
Vose David J.,
Tollefson Linda R.,
Travis Curtis C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2005.00570.x
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , antibiotic resistance , risk analysis (engineering) , resistance (ecology) , environmental health , biology , business , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , ecology , antibiotics
A linear population risk model used by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) estimates the risk of human cases of campylobacteriosis caused by fluoroquinolone‐resistant Campylobacter . Among the cases of campylobacteriosis attributed to domestically produced chicken, the fluoroquinolone resistance is assumed to result from the use of fluoroquinolones in poultry in the United States. Properties of the linear population risk model are contrasted with those of a farm‐to‐fork model commonly used for microbial risk assessments. The utility of the linear population model for the purpose for which it was used by CVM is discussed.