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Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
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Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis, England and Wales, 1945–2011

Christopher R. Lane, Susan LeBaigue, Oluwaseun B. Esan, Adedoyin A. Awofisyo, Natalie L. Adams, Ian S.T. Fisher, Kathie A. Grant, Tansy M. Peters, Lesley Larkin, Robert H. Davies, and Goutam K. AdakComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (C.R. Lane, S. LeBaigue, O.B. Esan, A.A. Awofisayo, N.L. Adams, I.S.T. Fisher, K.A. Grant, T.M. Peters, G.K. Adak); Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, London (L. Larkin, R.H. Davies)

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Table

Estimated rates of disease attributable to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis phage type 4 during 3 periods, England and Wales, 1982–2011

Stage No. laboratory-confirmed cases No. community cases
(95% CI) No. days of illness No. hospital admissions No. hospital bed-days No. deaths
Emergence, 1982–1987 7,481 16,458 (8,379–71,817) 270,000 1,000 6,000 90
Epidemic, 1988–1998* 143,767 374,516 (161,019–1,380,163) 5,000,000 21,000 122,000 1,630
Decline, 1999–2011† 29,522 135,801 (41,331–661,292) 1,300,000 5,000 30,000 410
Total 180,770 526,766 6,570,000 27,000 158,000 2,130

*Multiplier from (9).
†Multiplier from (10).

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