Fumiko Kasuga

TL;DR: The first estimates of the global and regional human disease burden of 10 helminth diseases and toxoplasmosis that may be attributed to contaminated food are presented, representing an important step forward in understanding the impact of foodborne diseases globally and regionally.

TL;DR: The presence of viable enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 not only on the outer surfaces but also in the inner tissues and stomata of cotyledons of radish sprouts grown from seeds experimentally contaminated with the bacterium was demonstrated.

TL;DR: This work collates outbreak data obtained from global sources and these are fitted using exponential and beta-Poisson models and the best fitting model was found to be the beta- Poisson model using a beta-binomial likelihood and the authors favour the exact version of this model.

TL;DR: The dose-response relations indicate that outbreaks are associated with higher doses making it more likely to have a higher attack rate, and can be readily used in quantitative microbiological risk assessment to predict human infection and illness rates.

TL;DR: Most of the burden posed by foodborne disease in Japan comes from secondary complications, and the tools developed by FERG appear useful in estimating disease burdens and setting priorities in the field of food safety.