Unlu Gulhan

Gülhan Ünlü

Active and passive surveillance data indicate that each year in the United States, an estimated 31 pathogens cause 37.2 million illnesses (9.4 million foodborne), 228,744 hospitalizations (55,961 foodborne), and 2,612 deaths (1,351 foodborne) (Scallan et al. 2011). Norovirus caused 5.5 million (58%) of the illnesses, followed by nontyphoidal Salmonella spp., which caused 1 million (11%) illnesses. In addition, nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. was the leading cause of hospitalization and death (35% a…

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Gülhan Ünlü, PhD, Contributing Editor
Associate Professor, Department of Animal, Veterinary, and Food Science, The University of Idaho
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Unlu Gulhan

In This Article

  1. Pathogens
  2. Microbiology