Are more people becoming ill from campylobacteriosis?
A. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) found a substantial decline in the incidents of infections caused by Campylobacter between 1996 and 2004. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), campylobacteriosis causes an incidence of about 20 cases per 100,000 population diagnosed in the United States annually. From laboratory-confirmed bacterial infection cases reported from 10 sites in 2004, Campylobacter was identified as the second most common bacterial infection reported (42% Salmonella, 37% Campylobacter, 15% Shigella, 2.6% E. coli O157:H7, and 3.4% others such as Yersinia, Listeria, and Vibrio). FoodNet is a collaborative project among CDC, the 10 Emerging Infections Program sites (EPIs), USDA, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). One of the objectives of FoodNet is to measure effectiveness of a variety of preventive measures in reducing the incidence of foodborne illness attributable to the consumption of meat, poultry, a
