Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | 2019
Erratum: Vol. 68, No. 16
Abstract
MMWR / May 24, 2019 / Vol. 68 / No. 20 465 US Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Erratum Vol. 68, No. 16 In the report “Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2015–2018,” on page 371, in Figure 1, for Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC), the value for 2018 culture-independent diagnostic test (CIDT)–positive, culture-positive cases should have been 1,559, resulting in a total of 2,925 STEC cases in 2018, as seen in the Table on page 370. FIGURE 1. Number of infections diagnosed by culture or culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs), by pathogen, year, and culture status — CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network,* 2015–2018†