Abstract：Objective To investigate the current status of surveillance of foodborne diseases in Tai’an City so as to provide evidence for preventing and reducing the occurrence of foodborne diseases. Methods The information about monitoring of foodborne diseases in Tai’an during 2014-2016 were collected from the Foodborne Diseases Surveillance System, and then descriptive epidemiology was used to analyze the data. Results Among the 1,352 cases collected, there were 774 (57.2%) male cases and 578 (42.8%) female ones. The peak incidence of foodborne diseases occurred from April to September, with 1,159 (85.72%) monitoring reported cases. Those who aged 0-<5 years (58.10%) and 20-<30 years (12.13%) were the high-risk groups. The positive detection rate was 28.8%, including 177 (13.1%) strains of Escherichia coli, 174 (12.8%) strains of norovirus, 76 (5.6%) strains of salmonella, 18 (1.3%) strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, 2 (0.1%) strains of Shigella identified. Meat and meat products (8.73%), grain and its products (14.13%), fruits and their products (11.76%) and infant food (25.37%) were more likely to be suspicious contaminated foods. Conclusions Summer was the high-occurrence season for foodborne diseases in Tai'an City during 2014-2016, and children and the young were the high-risk groups. Escherichia coli was the main bacterial pathogen of foodborne diseases, and norovirus was the main viral pathogen in summer and autumn.
2018, Vol. 25 
