World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010.

ABSTRACT: Illness and death from diseases caused by contaminated food are a constant threat to public health and a significant impediment to socio-economic development worldwide. To measure the global and regional burden of foodborne disease (FBD), the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), which here reports their first estimates of the incidence, mortality, and disease burden due to 31 foodborne hazards. We find that the global burden of FBD is comparable to those of the major infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The most frequent causes of foodborne illness were diarrheal disease agents, particularly norovirus and Campylobacter spp. Diarrheal disease agents, especially non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica, wer

SUBMITTER: Havelaar AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668832 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature