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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014 Jun 2;11(9):667–676. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1744

Table 3.

Estimated Percentage of Salmonella Illnesses Attributable to Animal-Food Sources, Travel, Wildlife, Unknown Sources, and Outbreaks in Denmark, Sweden, the European Union* (EU), the United States (USA), New Zealand, and Japan Using a Microbial Subtyping Approach

Denmarka Swedenb EUc EU Easternc,* EU Northernc,* EU Westernc,* EU Southernc,* USAd, New Zealande Japanf,
Pigs 15.1 0.08 26.9 22.7 10.6 34.1 43.6 < 1 60 5.3
Cattle 0.7 0.1 29*,a 11.5 0.5
Layers 1.8 0.16 43.8 59.4 30 41.8 28.4 6*,b 3.2 63.3
Broilers 0.5 0.09 3.4 7.0 1.2 2.1 3.1 48 21.2 6.4
Ducks 0.1
Turkeys # 4.0 2.2 7.4 4.1 7.6 17
Lamb/mutton 1.4
Imported food 6.4
 Pork 5.4
 Beef 2.0
 Poultry 2.5
Wildlife 0.6
Travel 46.9 82 9.2 0.8 34.5 4.8 0.7 *,c
Unknown, outbreak-associated 5.1 2.9 3.6 5.4 4.0 2.2 4.2
Unknown, sporadic 19.8 7.7 9.0 2.5 12.4 10.9 12.5 20.8
*

EU regions as defined by the United Nations. Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Northern Europe: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Southern Europe: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

a

Data from 2010, Anon., 2011;

b

Data from 2004–2006, Whalström et al., 2011;

c

Data from 2007–2009, Pires et al., 2011a;

Estimates are restricted to those infections estimated to be domestically acquired and sporadic.

Median of estimates over 10 years (1998–2017).

*,a

Sum of estimates for “ground beef” and “intact beef”.

*,b

Estimate for “egg products” other than intact shell eggs.

#

Source not included in model.

*,c

Estimates are restricted to those infections estimated to be domestically acquired.