Table 2.
Confirmatory criteria, foods implicated, etiological agents, and sites of foodborne disease occurrence in Brazil between 2000 and 2018.
| Component | Individuals | |
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Confirmatory criteria | ||
| Inconclusive | 111,914 | 45.2 |
| Epidemiological survey | 56,203 | 22.7 |
| Clinical analyses | 32,693 | 13.2 |
| Bromatological analyses | 24,969 | 10.1 |
| Epidemiological-clinical-bromatological analyses | 21,791 | 8.8 |
| Foods implicated | ||
| Not identified | 113,571 | 45.9 |
| Water | 29,690 | 12.0 |
| Mixed foods | 25,834 | 10.4 |
| Multiple foods | 24,206 | 9.8 |
| Eggs/egg products | 17,075 | 6.9 |
| Red meats | 8772 | 3.5 |
| Others * | 28,422 | 11.5 |
| Etiological agents | ||
| Not identified | 93,981 | 38.0 |
| Salmonella spp. | 35,743 | 14.4 |
| Rotavirus | 24,434 | 9.9 |
| Escherichia coli | 18,398 | 7.4 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 15,724 | 6.4 |
| Bacillus cereus | 8213 | 3.3 |
| Inconclusive | 8135 | 3.3 |
| Norovirus | 6076 | 2.5 |
| Clostridium perfringes | 5761 | 2.3 |
| Shigella sonnei | 5035 | 2.0 |
| Others ** | 26,070 | 10.5 |
| Sites of occurrence | ||
| Homes | 30,964 | 12.5 |
| Daycare/school | 26,143 | 10.6 |
| Restaurants/bakeries | 22,965 | 9.3 |
| Not identified | 20,305 | 8.2 |
| Events | 18,898 | 7.6 |
| Hospitals | 7615 | 3.1 |
| Asylums | 1106 | 0.4 |
| Scattered sites | 119,574 | 48.3 |