Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation.
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Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation.
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PLoS One 2017, 12(9):e0183641
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Recently the World Health Organization, Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) estimated that 31 foodborne diseases (FBDs) resulted in over 600 million illnesses and 420,000 deaths worldwide in 2010. Knowing the relative role importance of different foods as exposure routes for key hazards is critical to preventing illness. This study reports the findings of a structured expert elicitation providing globally comparable food source attribution estimates for 11 major FBDs in each of 14 world subregions.