Hospitalization and deaths for select enteric illnesses and associated sequelae in Canada, 2001–2004

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 139; no. 6; pp. 937 - 945
• Main Authors: RUZANTE, J. M., MAJOWICZ, S. E., FAZIL, A., DAVIDSON, V. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology; Caliciviridae Infections - mortality; Campylobacter; Campylobacter Infections - epidemiology; Campylobacter Infections - mortality; Canada - epidemiology; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Child, Preschool; Diseases; Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology; Escherichia coli Infections - mortality; Fatalities; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastrointestinal infections; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitalization rates; Humans; Infant; Intestinal Diseases - epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases - mortality; Listeriosis - epidemiology; Listeriosis - mortality; Male; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Mortality; Norovirus; Notifiable diseases; Pathogens; Public health; Salmonella; Salmonella Infections - epidemiology; Salmonella Infections - mortality; Sex Factors; Statistics, Nonparametric; Studies; Young Adult; Canada; North America; America; Guillain–Barré syndrome; surveillance; foodborne infections; Epidemiology
• ISSN: 0950-2688; 1469-4409
• DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001883

This paper describes morbidity and mortality parameters for Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Listeria spp., norovirus infections and their primary associated sequelae [Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), haemolytic uraemic syndrome, reactive arthropathies and Reiter's syndrome]. Data from a period of 4 years were obtained from three national databases to estimate percentage of reported cases hospitalized, mean annual hospitalization incidence rate, frequency of hospitalization by age and sex, and number of deaths. The length of hospital stay, discharge disposition, hospitalization age, and number of diagnoses per case were also extracted and summarized. In addition, we estimated that each year in Canada, there are between 126 and 251 cases of Campylobacter-associated GBS. This study provides morbidity and mortality estimates for the top enteric pathogens in Canada, including their associated sequelae, which can contribute to the quantification of the burden of illness.