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Table 3 Exposure to risk factors in the three days before onset of disease, among the 52 cases of salmonellosis infection investigated by the local health authority

From: The response of a local health authority to reported cases of salmonellosis in a Portuguese municipality, 2007 to 2011

Exposures

Number

Percentage

Ingestion of food items

  

 Raw or undercooked egg products

26

50.0

 Other suspected food items

1

2.0

 No exposure to suspected food items

19

36.5

 Information missing

6

11.5

Water source used in the residence

  

 Only public water supply

31

59.6

 Only well and/or spring

11

21.2

 Simultaneous access to safe water and wells/springs

6

11.5

 Information missing

4

7.7

Aquatic recreation (swimming pools)

  

 Yes

7

13.5

 No

43

82.7

 Information missing

2

3.8