Skip to main content

Table 1 Important pathogens identified

From: Using participatory epidemiology to assess factors contributing to common enteric pathogens in Ontario: results from a workshop held at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario

 

Important pathogens identified

 

Ranking scores

Proportional piling scores

Overall rank

Pathogen

Interview

Focus Group

Mean

Pathogen

Interview

Focus group

Mean

1

Salmonella

5

4

2

5

5

4.2

Campylobacter

27

15

21

21.5

21.1

2

Campylobacter

4

5

3

4

3

3.8

E. coli

0

31

30

15.5

19.1

3

E. coli

1

1

5

1

1

1.8

Salmonella

0

14

16

22.5

13.1

4

Giardia

3

2

1

0

0

1.2

Giardia

23

5

12

0

10

5

Norovirus

0

0

0

3

3

1.2

Listeria

0

0

21

17.5

9.6

6

Cryptosporidium

2

1

0

2

0

1

Typhoid

36

0

0

0

9

7

Hepatitis A

0

0

4

0

0

0.8

Hepatitis A

0

30

0

0

7.5

8

Listeria

0

0

0

0

3

0.6

Norovirus

0

0

0

24

6

9

Typhoid

0

0

0

0

0

0

Amoeba

14

0

0

0

3.5

10

Amoeba

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cryptosproidium

0

5

0

0

1.3

  1. Using scores obtained from ranking and proportional piling activities, average scores were calculated. Interview and focus group ranks were on a scale of 0 to 5, where 5 was the rank for the most important pathogen. Interview and focus group piling scores were on a scale of 0 to 100, where a higher score was considered a more important pathogen. Using the average rank and piling score, the pathogens were ranked as most important (rank of 1) to least important (rank of 10). The same four pathogens were ranked in the top 4 for both activities.