CDC Finds E. coli Infections Down but Salmonella and Vibrio Incidents on the Rise in US Food Supply
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [US News and World Report] by Steven Reinberg - May 15, 2015
Contaminated food sickens millions of Americans each year, but the types of bacteria causing the majority of illnesses have changed in recent years, health officials said Thursday.
The incidence of reported infections with E. coli O157 and a common strain of Salmonella bacteria decreased by about one-third in 2014 compared to 2006-2008. But, while those infections decreased, infections with other types of Salmonella, Campylobacter and Vibrio were on the rise, according to experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2014, nine foodborne illnesses accounted for some 19,000 infections, about 4,400 hospitalizations, and 71 deaths, according to data from the CDC's FoodNet tracking system...
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