Jennifer P. Collins, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
Hazel J. Shah
Daniel Lowell Weller, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
Logan Ray, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
Kirk Smith, Minnesota Department of Health
Suzanne McGuire, New York State Department of Health
Rosalie T. Trevejo, Oregon Health Authority
Rachel H. Jervis, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment;
Duc J. Vugia, California Department of Public Health
Tamara Rissman, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
Katie N. Garman, Tennessee Department of Health
Sarah Lathrop, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bethany LaClair, Georgia Department of Public Health
Michelle M. Boyle, Maryland Department of Health
Stic Harris, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
Joanna Zablotsky Kufel, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Robert V. Tauxe, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC;
Beau B. Bruce, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC;
Erica Billig Rose, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC;
Patricia M. Griffin, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC;
Daniel C. Payne, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC;

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-7-2022

Abstract

To evaluate progress toward prevention of enteric infections in the United States, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) conducts active population-based surveillance for laboratory-diagnosed infections caused by Campylobacter, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia at 10 U.S. sites. This report summarizes preliminary 2021 data and describes changes in annual incidence compared with the average annual incidence for 2016-2018, the reference period for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Healthy People 2030 goals for some pathogens (1). During 2021, the incidence of infections caused by Salmonella decreased, incidence of infections caused by Cyclospora, Yersinia, and Vibrio increased, and incidence of infections caused by other pathogens did not change. As in 2020, behavioral modifications and public health interventions implemented to control the COVID-19 pandemic might have decreased transmission of enteric infections (2). Other factors (e.g., increased use of telemedicine and continued increase in use of culture-independent diagnostic tests [CIDTs]) might have altered their detection or reporting (2). Much work remains to achieve HHS Healthy People 2030 goals, particularly for Salmonella infections, which are frequently attributed to poultry products and produce, and Campylobacter infections, which are frequently attributed to chicken products (3).

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