Combining risk assessment and epidemiological risk factors to elucidate the sources of human E. coli O157 infection

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 140; no. 8; pp. 1414 - 1429
• Main Authors: ROTARIU, O., OGDEN, I. D., MacRITCHIE, L., FORBES, K. J., WILLIAMS, A. P., CROSS, P., HUNTER, C. J., TEUNIS, P. F. M., STRACHAN, N. J. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Beef cattle; Cattle; E coli; E. coli O157; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology; Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology; Escherichia coli O157 - isolation & purification; Feces - microbiology; Food contamination & poisoning; Food Microbiology; Humans; Infections; Meat - microbiology; Pastures; Pathogens; Population density; Predisposing factors; Proxy reporting; Proxy statements; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Scotland - epidemiology; Sheep; Socioeconomic factors; Time Factors; Water Microbiology; Scotland; Canada; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; British Isles, Scotland; epidemiology; risk assessment; E. coli O157; Beefburgers; waterborne infection; food poisoning

E. coli O157 can be transmitted to humans by three primary (foodborne, environmental, waterborne) and one secondary (person-to-person transmission) pathways. A regression model and quantitative microbiological risk assessments (QMRAs) were applied to determine the relative importance of the primary...