date:Apr 24, 2017
s were higher. But the report states that culture-independent diagnostics tests (CIDTs) are complicating this data, because testing for pathogens may be occurring more frequently using this method. In 2016, FoodNet, the CDCs Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, identified 24,0129 infections, 5,512 hospitalizations, and 98 deaths caused by nine enteric pathogens that are commonly transmitted through food.
But, the report also states that a large proportion of CIDT positive specimens