Table 5 Attribution estimates for C. jejuni infections of infants to livestock and human sources using the source-sink model
Models and source categories | Attribution percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chickens | Cattle | Small Ruminants (goats and sheep) | Other Humans (mothers and siblings) | |
To infants from all sources, no intermediate source | ||||
 Livestock and humans | 58.4* (42.6–73.5) | 17.2 (3.9–31.1) | 7.0 (1.1–14.4) | 17.4 (10.3–26.3) |
To mothers and siblings from livestock, ignoring infants | ||||
 Livestock | 92.2 (67.4–99.9) | 2.9 (0.0–18.5) | 5.1 (0.0–25.1) | – |
To infants from livestock via mother and siblings | ||||
 Livestock | 92.2 (69.3–99.9) | 3.3 (0.0–20.1) | 4.5 (0.0–21.6) | – |
To infants from all sources, mothers and siblings as intermediate sources | ||||
 Livestock and humans | 50.9 (0.3–88.0) | 16.2 (2.6–29.0) | 2.8 (0.0–14.7) | 30.0 (0.0–86.8) |