Deaths among reported STEC-illnesses in Germany 2004–2011 - by serogroup.

<p>Percentages are calculated within serogroup categories,</p>*<p>in years.</p>**<p>no fatalities were reported for infections with STEC O91, O103, O111, and O128.</p>***<p>serogroup of the fatal case in this category was reported as Ont (non-typable O antigen).</p><p>Abbrevations: HUS – hemolytic-uremic syndrome, IQR – interquartile range.</p

Number of STEC-illnesses reported in Germany 2004–2011 and percentage of hospitalized case-patients – by age-group and serogroup.

<p>Percentages are calculated within serogroup categories.</p

Distribution of the proportion of misclassifications of food recalls by recall period, Berlin, Germany, 2013.

<p>Distribution of the proportion of misclassifications of food recalls by recall period, Berlin, Germany, 2013.</p

Characteristics of STEC-illnesses reported in Germany 2004-2001 –stratified by STEC serogroup.

<p>Percentages are calculated within serogroup categories;</p>*<p>in years.</p><p>Abbrevations: IQR – interquartile range.</p

Results of multivariable logistic regression of associated variables on different categories of misclassification of reported food selections, Berlin, Germany, 2013.

<p>Results of multivariable logistic regression of associated variables on different categories of misclassification of reported food selections, Berlin, Germany, 2013.</p

Serogroup specific risk ratios for mortality among STEC-illnesses reported in Germany 2004–2011.

<p>Risk ratios were calculated using Poisson regression with robust error estimate.</p>*<p>adjusted for age.</p>**<p>all except serogroups O157 and O104.</p><p>Abbrevations: RR – risk ratio, CI – confidence interval.</p

Risk factors for sporadic non-pregnancy associated listeriosis in Germany, 2012–2013: multivariable logistic regression analysis.

<p>^a see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0142986#pone.0142986.t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a></p><p>^b raw milk cheese; ewe’s cheese, goat cheese; mozzarella, feta cheese; fresh cheese; blue-veined cheese; acid curd cheese; red-smear cheese; semi-soft cheese; white-mould cheese</p><p>* were identified as the minimally sufficient adjustment set in a directed acyclic graph and thus included in the multivariable model</p><p>Risk factors for sporadic non-pregnancy associated listeriosis in Germany, 2012–2013: multivariable logistic regression analysis.</p

Hypothesized causal structure of exposure, host factors and non-pregnancy associated listeriosis, Germany, 2012–2013 [48–61].

<p>Hypothesized causal structure of exposure, host factors and non-pregnancy associated listeriosis, Germany, 2012–2013 [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0142986#pone.0142986.ref048" target="_blank">48</a>–<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0142986#pone.0142986.ref061" target="_blank">61</a>].</p

Food exposures statistically significantly associated with non-pregnancy associated listeriosis, Germany, 2012–2013: age-adjusted univariable logistic regression analysis.

<p>* within the last 4 weeks prior to onset of illness (cases) and prior to the interview (controls), respectively</p><p>Exposures not statistically significantly associated with N-PA listeriosis: Consumption of packaged meat and sausage products, salami, scalded deli meat, pâté, sliced cooked deli meat, sliced aspics, sliced blood sausage, raw minced meat, packaged fish/seafood, raw fish (sushi), smoked or graved fish, marinated fish, medium-hard/hard cheese, carved and packaged raw vegetables, meat/sausages from supermarket or discounter, butcher shop, wholefood shop, filling station/station kiosk, travelling hawker or mail-order selling, self-made meat/sausages, fish/seafood from supermarket or discounter, wholefood shop, self-made fish/seafood, cheese from wholefood shop, filling station/station kiosk, travelling hawker or mail-order selling, self-made cheese, and food supplied by delivery service (pizza service, meals on wheels etc.) or by assisted living.</p><p>Food exposures statistically significantly associated with non-pregnancy associated listeriosis, Germany, 2012–2013: age-adjusted univariable logistic regression analysis.</p

Association^* of underlying conditions with non-pregnancy associated listeriosis in in a case control study in Germany, 2012–2013.

<p>* single variable analysis, adjusted for age</p><p>^a within the last 3 months</p><p>^b within the last 5 years</p><p>Association^{<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0142986#t001fn001" target="_blank">*</a>} of underlying conditions with non-pregnancy associated listeriosis in in a case control study in Germany, 2012–2013.</p