Epi Curves | Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Commercially Produced, Prepackaged Caramel Apples | Listeria | CDC

Epi Curves | Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Commercially Produced, Prepackaged Caramel Apples | Listeria | CDC

Epi Curves

Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Commercially Produced, Prepackaged Caramel Apples

Current Epi Curve

This outbreak can be visually described with a chart showing the number of persons who were diagnosed each week. This chart is called an epi curve.

Persons infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes, by isolation date*

 

*n=29 for whom information was reported as of December 22, 2014. 

Illnesses that began after December 7, 2014 might not yet be reported due to the time it takes between when a person becomes ill and when the illness is reported. This takes an average of 2 to 4 weeks.

Previous Epi Curves

December 19, 2014 collapsed