Descriptive study of enteric zoonoses in Ontario, Canada, from 2010 – 2012

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Enteric disease by animal contact only sub-category, Ontario, 2010 to 2012

Disease	Farm	Dog or cat	Reptiles or Amphibians	Zoo	Wild	Exotic	Rodent	Pet food	Unspecified^a	Total cases reporting only animal exposure^bc	Total cases reporting exposure information
Disease	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n	n
Campylobacteriosis	398 (58.1)	207 (30.2)	1 (0.1)	8 (1.2)	16 (2.3)	10 (1.5)	6 (0.9)	7 (1.0)	81 (11.8)	685	2414
Salmonellosis	85 (28.2)	66 (21.9)	107 (35.5)	24 (8.0)	14 (4.7)	9 (3.0)	12 (4.0)	12 (4.0)	28 (9.3)	301	2058
Cryptosporidiosis	87 (77.0)	7 (6.2)	0 (0.0)	5 (4.4)	2 (1.8)	1 (0.9)	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	12 (10.6)	113	608
Giardiasis	21 (30.0)	33 (47.1)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.9)	8 (11.4)	4 (5.7)	2 (2.9)	0 (0.0)	8 (11.4)	70	291
Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection	33 (84.6)	4 (10.3)	0 (0.0)	5 (12.8)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	1 (2.6)	39	242
Yersiniosis	0 (0.0)	3 (37.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (12.5)	1 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (25.0)	8	92
Listeriosis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0	67
Total	624 (51.3)	320 (26.3)	108 (8.9)	45 (3.7)	41 (3.4)	25 (2.1)	22 (1.8)	20 (1.6)	132 (10.9)	1216	5772

^aIncludes exposures where the type of animal or setting was not reported
^bFor each disease and overall, the total number of cases reporting exposure information over the three-year period was used as the denominator to calculate proportions
^cCases can report multiple animal contact only subcategories. As a result proportions may not add to 100%

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