Researchers have shown the significant impact and costs of Campylobacter infections from contaminated chicken in Australia.
Scientists quantified the cost of illness attributable to specific domestic risk factors for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. They used data from a 2018 to 2019 case–control study to estimate odds ratios and attributable fractions for risk factors. Data on national incidence, hospitalization, and premature mortality was used to quantify burden. The team then applied costs related to healthcare use, pain and suffering, premature mortality, and lost productivity to each risk factor.
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