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Salmonella by Any Other Name: Salmonellosis in Finland & How to Prevent the Next Outbreak

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Before 2021, the biggest Salmonella outbreak in Finland was in 2008. Pre-chopped and ready-to-eat Iceberg lettuce happened to be the prime suspect for the 2008 Salmonella infection outbreak in Finland. Image: Salmonellosis rates per 100,000 population for Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Denmark. Image: Salmonellosis in Finland.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

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It can be assessed for various conditions, including diseases, risk factors, and health behaviors. Cases then declined again in the 1980s and early 1990s but rose to an average of 30 cases per year from 2001 to 2008. Prevalence Prevalence is the share of a population affected by a given condition at a specific point in time.