Table 1.
Causative pathogen/food*1 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2008–2014 |
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C. jejuni | 53 | 32 | 39 | 55 | 12 | 44 | 65 | 300 |
Poultry meat | 26 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 39 | 55 | 173 |
Cattle meat | 15 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
Others*2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Unknown | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
C. coli | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
Poultry meat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Cattle meat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
C. jejuni and C. coli*3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
Poultry meat | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
Cattle meat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
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Total | 57 | 39 | 42 | 61 | 14 | 47 | 78 | 338 |
Food categories shown represent predicted causative foods from which C. jejuni, C. coli or both bacteria are detected.
Others include swine meat, mallard meat, and salad with smoked poultry meat.
Foodborne cases in which C. jejuni and C. coli were both simultaneously detected.