2016 Top Pathogen-Food Pairs

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Pathogen-Food Pairs Causing Outbreaks in 2016

pairs of pathogens and foods causing outbreaks in 2016

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Food Germ Pairs causing outbreaks
Pathogen Food category Number of outbreaks Number of outbreak-associated
illnesses
Scombroid toxin (histamine) Fish 12 35
Ciguatoxin Fish 11 33
Salmonella Chicken 8 307
Campylobacter Dairy (unpasteurized) 7 57
Norovirus Mollusks* 6 209
Salmonella Pork 6 96
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Mollusks* 6 19

Pathogen-Food Pairs Causing Outbreak-associated Illnesses in 2016

pairs of pathogens and foods causing illness in 2016

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 food germ pairs causing outbreak illness
Pathogens Food category Number of outbreaks Number of outbreak-associated
illnesses
Bacillus cereus Grains and Beans 5 348
Salmonella Chicken 8 307
Hepatitis A virus Mollusks* 1 281
Norovirus Mollusks* 6 209
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin Pork 4 170

*Such as oysters and scallops

Page last reviewed: October 11, 2018
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) , Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)