The epidemiology of travel-related Salmonella Enteritidis in Ontario, Canada, 2010–2011

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Table 2 Distribution of travel-related Salmonella Enteritidis cases by world region, and by Caribbean/Mexico region

Travel region/country	Estimated no. of travelers†	Controls†	Reported cases††	Rate/100 000
Africa	108,486	75	6	5.53
Asia	419,489	449	15	3.58
Caribbean and Mexico	1,173,785	1,682	283	24.11
Antigua	17,433	16	13	74.57
Cuba	287,797	418	77	26.75
Dominican Republic	370,653	549	108	29.14
Jamaica	57,465	78	53	92.23
Mexico	254,160	418	17	6.69
Other*	186,277	203	15	8.05
Central America	85,476	112	4	4.68
Europe	1,267,932	1,240	8	0.63
Oceania	26,521	52	1	3.77
South America	106,769	100	3	2.81
USA	5,920,574	13,160	2	0.03
Total	9,109,032	16,870	322	3.53

† Number of travellers is estimated based on the number of survey respondents (controls) from the 2009 Statistics Canada International Travel Survey.
††Two cases (0.6%) were excluded from this analysis because they had visited multiple world regions.
*“Other” includes Bahamas, Barbados. Bermuda, Cayman Islands, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, British Virgin Islands, Dutch West Indies, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and West Indies N.E.S.

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