Component costs of foodborne illness: a scoping review

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Table 2 Descriptive information of the 84 cost of foodborne illness studies published between 1972 and 2012 identified from a scoping review

Study type		No. of studies
	Cost-of-illness	74
	Not cost-of-illness (described component costs)	10
	Non-English (Excluded)^a	10
	Non-relevant studies (Excluded)^b	14
Region of publication
	North America	43
	Europe	29
	Asia	6
	Oceania	5
	Africa	1
	South America	0
Year of publication
	2002 - 2012	36
	1992 - 2001	31
	1982 - 1991	15
	1972 - 1981	2
	Before 1972	0
Foodborne pathogens		No. included in studies
	1. Non-typhoidal Salmonella spp.	51
	2. Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli	34
	3. Campylobacter spp.	27
	4. Vibrio spp.	19
	5. Staphylococcus aureus	17
	6. Listeria monocytogenes	16
	7. Clostridium perfringens	12
	8. Salmonella typhi	12
	9. Clostridium botulinum	11
	10. Shigella spp.	10
Protozoa and parasites^c		29
Viruses^d		28
Other bacteria^e		24

^aNon-English study languages: Swedish (4), German (3), Italian (1), Danish (1), Russian (1).
^bNon-relevant studies: Did not describe component costs (i.e., studies that were identified as relevant through both levels of screening, but did not provide the data of interest).
^c Toxoplasma gondii (10), Cyptosporidium spp. (7), Cyclospora cayetanensis (5), Trichinella spp. (3), Giardia lamblia (3), Taenia spp. (1).
^dNorovirus (9), Hepatitis A (6), Rotavirus (6), Astrovirus (4), Saprovirus (2), Adenovirus (1).
^e Yersinia enterocolitica (8), Bacillus cereus (6), Brucella spp. (4), Streptococcus spp. (4), Mycobacterium bovis (1), Plesiomonas spp. (1).

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