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July 19, 2005

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Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of
Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters

Table of Contents

Appendix 7: Actual Values Predicted by the Risk Assessment Model

Table A7-1. Mean total Vibrio parahaemolyticus /g at time of harvest
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 51.85 37.19 17.69 128.86
spring 937.38 483.59 273.81 3055.82
summer 2103.32 979.05 630.53 7302.99
fall 220.55 130.23 61.02 644.27
Gulf non-LA winter 51.98 37.22 18.36 130.85
spring 936.04 483.60 275.10 3092.20
summer 2103.35 971.96 627.47 7675.75
fall 218.02 130.63 62.36 602.14
Northeast Atlantic winter 3.73 2.88 0.83 8.73
spring 42.25 28.85 14.84 111.23
summer 229.45 147.53 82.72 593.89
fall 32.58 23.94 12.78 80.86
Mid-Atlantic winter 3.45 2.71 0.73 8.73
spring 195.75 115.04 67.23 575.09
summer 775.35 425.29 229.72 2194.98
fall 50.94 33.60 16.76 136.33
PNW dredged winter 0.0188 0.0132 0.0028 0.0556
spring 0.8124 0.4805 0.1163 2.2556
summer 5.0399 3.4513 1.2915 13.9599
fall 0.1455 0.1259 0.0496 0.3021
PNW intertidal winter 0.0386 0.0253 0.0047 0.1174
spring 60.70 11.05 0.86 292.93
summer 652.21 293.18 50.51 2571.28
fall 2.32 0.99 0.24 6.90

Column 3 = Mean of the uncertainty distribution of "Mean Vp/g"; column 4 = Median of the uncertainty distribution of "Mean Vp/g"; column 5 = 5th %-tile of uncertainty.

Table A7-2. Mean pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus /g at time of harvest
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.0874 0.0617 0.0249 0.2212
spring 1.6027 0.8652 0.3286 5.3897
summer 3.5558 1.8377 0.7433 12.1087
fall 0.3835 0.2256 0.0767 1.1911
Gulf non-LA winter 0.0927 0.0630 0.0245 0.2293
spring 1.5858 0.8730 0.3182 5.2191
summer 3.5840 1.8337 0.7299 11.8884
fall 0.3793 0.2242 0.0766 1.1289
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0064 0.0048 0.0012 0.0164
spring 0.0707 0.0499 0.0187 0.1845
summer 0.3928 0.2616 0.1035 1.0930
fall 0.0568 0.0403 0.0160 0.1448
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0059 0.0043 0.0011 0.0139
spring 0.3325 0.2030 0.0837 1.0098
summer 1.3110 0.7580 0.2834 3.8896
fall 0.0873 0.0575 0.0229 0.2391
PNW dredged winter 0.0004 0.0003 0.0001 0.0014
spring 0.0193 0.0106 0.0019 0.0536
summer 0.1152 0.0751 0.0221 0.3445
fall 0.0034 0.0027 0.0008 0.0081
PNW intertidal winter 0.0009 0.0005 0.0001 0.0031
spring 1.4495 0.2279 0.0166 6.0919
summer 14.9062 6.0430 0.8674 63.2740
fall 0.0507 0.0197 0.0040 0.1493
Table A7-3. Mean total Vp/g at time of cooldown
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 787.24 464.68 79.53 2434.14
spring 62061.82 56490.03 23563.18 118882.04
summer 165199.14 153525.28 74182.70 293861.75
fall 15654.30 12528.95 3513.43 37311.71
Gulf non-LA winter 372.24 221.60 53.03 1215.18
spring 44226.14 39066.31 15734.72 88768.61
summer 116622.74 105585.07 48795.43 225993.76
fall 6881.04 5084.78 1206.76 18331.58
Northeast Atlantic winter 4.01 3.06 0.89 9.40
spring 1403.94 893.51 140.33 4506.91
summer 6787.28 4907.13 1391.13 18321.50
fall 144.31 84.68 26.00 432.34
Mid-Atlantic winter 3.86 2.96 0.80 10.00
spring 11674.22 10137.35 3379.63 25474.28
summer 34342.94 27305.00 7394.09 84762.05
fall 839.96 470.69 63.20 2758.27
PNW dredged winter 0.022 0.015 0.003 0.066
spring 25.717 3.465 0.317 138.135
summer 287.581 108.962 17.667 1221.362
fall 0.645 0.364 0.101 1.868
PNW intertidal winter 0.047 0.028 0.005 0.153
spring 415.228 52.572 1.879 2172.929
summer 4566.77 2422.75 329.45 16931.88
fall 10.74 2.73 0.42 45.15
Table A7-4. Mean pathogenic Vp/g at time of cooldown
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 1.317 0.697 0.110 4.506
spring 108.460 92.385 32.186 244.923
summer 287.154 253.152 103.010 597.996
fall 27.512 20.997 4.968 68.499
Gulf non-LA winter 0.644 0.341 0.071 2.141
spring 77.027 63.539 21.026 179.791
summer 202.870 173.521 66.229 437.251
fall 11.979 8.297 1.737 32.402
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.007 0.005 0.001 0.017
spring 2.398 1.390 0.182 8.199
summer 11.814 8.184 1.838 32.201
fall 0.250 0.137 0.034 0.858
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.007 0.005 0.001 0.016
spring 20.040 16.709 4.641 47.741
summer 59.295 45.427 10.835 154.094
fall 1.4779 0.7598 0.0959 5.3229
PNW dredged winter 0.0005 0.0003 0.0001 0.0017
spring 0.6363 0.0721 0.0054 2.6605
summer 6.4807 2.1624 0.2836 29.1563
fall 0.0162 0.0072 0.0018 0.0507
PNW intertidal winter 0.0011 0.0006 0.0001 0.0038
spring 10.1514 1.0690 0.0363 52.6528
summer 105.049 52.515 5.167 388.076
fall 0.240 0.052 0.007 0.989
Table A7-5. Mean total Vibrio parahaemolyticus /g at-retail (post-harvest)
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 286.70 165.04 29.52 924.17
spring 22508.79 20412.66 8491.07 43159.94
summer 59882.85 55813.92 27055.13 106638.93
fall 5670.00 4506.72 1284.31 13710.14
Gulf non-LA winter 135.38 78.42 18.84 429.52
spring 16033.78 14157.30 5681.66 32574.90
summer 42273.90 38369.08 17786.53 81881.76
fall 2496.79 1845.00 443.81 6622.02
Northeast Atlantic winter 1.49 1.11 0.31 3.42
spring 510.58 319.67 50.57 1667.50
summer 2458.30 1782.36 501.60 6808.45
fall 51.94 30.37 9.45 160.20
Mid-Atlantic winter 1.40 1.07 0.29 3.56
spring 4225.24 3676.15 1244.48 9341.05
summer 12456.42 9914.27 2677.74 30933.37
fall 305.85 171.56 22.89 994.08
PNW dredged winter 0.0080 0.0054 0.0011 0.0242
spring 9.1392 1.2599 0.1133 43.0935
summer 104.8961 38.6175 6.3163 428.4740
fall 0.2302 0.1316 0.0369 0.6721
PNW intertidal winter 0.0169 0.0102 0.0019 0.0556
spring 150.14 18.99 0.66 778.34
summer 1651.17 870.28 117.41 6080.52
fall 3.9387 0.9567 0.1526 17.1876
Table A7-6. Mean pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus /g at retail (post-harvest)
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.4750 0.2478 0.0401 1.6221
spring 39.2890 33.4437 11.5471 87.6192
summer 104.0239 91.2896 37.4281 217.9466
fall 9.9519 7.5803 1.7550 25.0750
Gulf non-LA winter 0.2294 0.1224 0.0257 0.7961
spring 27.9565 23.0971 7.6225 64.8276
summer 73.4609 62.9898 23.9565 158.4772
fall 4.3620 3.0104 0.6378 12.0473
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0025 0.0018 0.0004 0.0063
spring 0.8777 0.5108 0.0638 3.0233
summer 4.2858 2.9966 0.6799 11.7178
fall 0.0882 0.0484 0.0121 0.2943
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0024 0.0017 0.0004 0.0058
spring 7.2760 6.0325 1.7164 17.6758
summer 21.4864 16.4224 3.7599 54.2711
fall 0.5410 0.2587 0.0348 1.9754
PNW dredged winter 0.00019 0.00012 0.00002 0.00061
spring 0.22433 0.02632 0.00196 0.87405
summer 2.32247 0.77659 0.10017 10.78517
fall 0.00577 0.00263 0.00064 0.01792
PNW intertidal winter 0.00040 0.00021 0.00003 0.00135
spring 3.7098 0.3843 0.0137 18.7625
summer 37.7557 18.9119 1.8714 139.5608
fall 0.0860 0.0177 0.0026 0.3021
Table A7-7. Mean dose total Vibrio parahaemolyticus per serving
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 5.79E+04 3.33E+04 5.96E+03 1.87E+05
spring 4.55E+06 4.12E+06 1.72E+06 8.72E+06
summer 1.21E+07 1.13E+07 5.47E+06 2.15E+07
fall 1.15E+06 9.10E+05 2.59E+05 2.77E+06
Gulf non-LA winter 2.73E+04 1.58E+04 3.81E+03 8.68E+04
spring 3.24E+06 2.86E+06 1.15E+06 6.58E+06
summer 8.54E+06 7.75E+06 3.59E+06 1.65E+07
fall 5.04E+05 3.73E+05 8.96E+04 1.34E+06
Northeast Atlantic winter 3.02E+02 2.24E+02 6.33E+01 6.90E+02
spring 1.03E+05 6.46E+04 1.02E+04 3.37E+05
summer 4.97E+05 3.60E+05 1.01E+05 1.38E+06
fall 1.05E+04 6.13E+03 1.91E+03 3.24E+04
Mid-Atlantic winter 2.82E+02 2.15E+02 5.92E+01 7.19E+02
spring 8.53E+05 7.43E+05 2.51E+05 1.89E+06
summer 2.52E+06 2.00E+06 5.41E+05 6.25E+06
fall 6.18E+04 3.47E+04 4.62E+03 2.01E+05
PNW dredged winter 1.61E+00 1.09E+00 2.20E-01 4.88E+00
spring 1.85E+03 2.54E+02 2.29E+01 8.70E+03
summer 2.12E+04 7.80E+03 1.28E+03 8.66E+04
fall 4.65E+01 2.66E+01 7.45E+00 1.36E+02
PNW intertidal winter 3.41E+00 2.07E+00 3.81E-01 1.12E+01
spring 3.03E+04 3.84E+03 1.33E+02 1.57E+05
summer 3.34E+05 1.76E+05 2.37E+04 1.23E+06
fall 7.96E+02 1.93E+02 3.08E+01 3.47E+03
Table A7-8. Mean dose pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus per serving
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 97.54 50.32 8.06 332.70
spring 7878.70 6669.40 2320.26 17773.88
summer 20816.05 18319.93 7506.42 43704.33
fall 1992.93 1525.87 322.83 5054.04
Gulf non-LA winter 46.67 23.76 5.09 163.87
spring 5619.13 4633.61 1484.91 13117.20
summer 14731.34 12505.11 4904.38 31955.61
fall 875.78 612.42 111.24 2506.69
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.50 0.36 0.09 1.23
spring 178.64 99.19 12.25 616.43
summer 862.05 583.28 130.28 2462.78
fall 17.49 9.66 2.42 57.16
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.48 0.35 0.09 1.17
spring 1456.03 1204.63 327.89 3468.49
summer 4308.16 3341.36 754.41 10836.96
fall 109.42 49.01 7.09 412.18
PNW dredged winter 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.12
spring 42.86 5.28 0.40 164.75
summer 456.71 147.64 20.82 2087.10
fall 1.18 0.52 0.12 3.63
PNW intertidal winter 0.08 0.04 0.01 0.28
spring 739.13 72.20 2.59 3665.94
summer 7498.71 3679.84 374.39 29915.03
fall 16.87 3.45 0.50 74.14
Table A7-9. Mean risk per serving
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 2.14E-06 7.64E-07 5.20E-08 8.26E-06
spring 1.68E-04 1.04E-04 1.20E-05 5.41E-04
summer 4.39E-04 3.00E-04 3.40E-05 1.39E-03
fall 4.27E-05 2.36E-05 2.07E-06 1.51E-04
Gulf non-LA winter 1.05E-06 3.63E-07 3.05E-08 4.17E-06
spring 1.21E-04 7.19E-05 8.31E-06 3.94E-04
summer 3.11E-04 2.03E-04 2.32E-05 1.03E-03
fall 1.88E-05 9.64E-06 7.44E-07 6.65E-05
Northeast Atlantic winter 1.11E-08 5.81E-09 4.92E-10 3.47E-08
spring 3.64E-06 1.49E-06 8.35E-08 1.49E-05
summer 1.78E-05 9.08E-06 8.37E-07 6.86E-05
fall 3.98E-07 1.65E-07 1.25E-08 1.62E-06
Mid-Atlantic winter 1.05E-08 5.61E-09 4.93E-10 3.75E-08
spring 3.11E-05 1.84E-05 1.81E-06 1.05E-04
summer 9.24E-05 4.88E-05 4.86E-06 3.31E-04
fall 2.21E-06 7.82E-07 4.94E-08 1.02E-05
PNW dredged winter 8.11E-10 3.66E-10 3.19E-11 3.22E-09
spring 8.68E-07 8.83E-08 3.96E-09 3.08E-06
summer 1.01E-05 2.21E-06 1.58E-07 4.15E-05
fall 2.65E-08 8.38E-09 6.86E-10 9.46E-08
PNW intertidal winter 1.67E-09 6.41E-10 5.50E-11 6.47E-09
spring 1.30E-05 1.22E-06 2.27E-08 5.83E-05
summer 1.44E-04 5.05E-05 3.17E-06 6.22E-04
fall 3.87E-07 5.71E-08 3.05E-09 1.59E-06
Table A7-10. Number of Illnesses Associated with V. parahaemolyticus
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 6.65 2.37 0.16 25.60
spring 505.02 313.01 35.96 1623.72
summer 1406.36 960.87 108.92 4435.45
fall 132.25 73.22 6.42 468.44
Gulf non-LA winter 2.85 0.98 0.08 11.26
spring 192.96 115.04 13.30 630.61
summer 298.59 194.55 22.27 984.84
fall 50.71 26.03 2.01 179.53
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.027 0.014 0.001 0.083
spring 2.95 1.21 0.07 12.08
summer 13.72 6.99 0.64 52.84
fall 1.67 0.69 0.05 6.79
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.012 0.006 0.001 0.041
spring 4.35 2.58 0.25 14.76
summer 6.93 3.66 0.36 24.84
fall 3.76 1.33 0.08 17.38
PNW dredged winter 0.0006 0.0002 0.0000 0.0022
spring 0.4165 0.0424 0.0019 1.4795
summer 3.93 0.86 0.06 16.19
fall 0.0238 0.0075 0.0006 0.0852
PNW intertidal winter 0.0033 0.0013 0.0001 0.0129
spring 18.24 1.71 0.03 81.56
summer 172.69 60.66 3.80 746.14
fall 1.05 0.15 0.01 4.28
Table A7-11. Number of septicemia cases
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.0155 0.0055 0.0004 0.0598
spring 1.1797 0.7312 0.0840 3.7930
summer 3.2853 2.2446 0.2544 10.3612
fall 0.3089 0.1710 0.0150 1.0943
Gulf non-LA winter 0.0067 0.0023 0.0002 0.0263
spring 0.4508 0.2687 0.0311 1.4731
summer 0.6975 0.4545 0.0520 2.3006
fall 0.1185 0.0608 0.0047 0.4194
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.000062 0.000033 0.000003 0.000194
spring 0.0069 0.0028 0.0002 0.0282
summer 0.0321 0.0163 0.0015 0.1234
fall 0.0039 0.0016 0.0001 0.0159
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.000027 0.000014 0.000001 0.000096
spring 0.0102 0.0060 0.0006 0.0345
summer 0.0162 0.0086 0.0009 0.0580
fall 0.0088 0.0031 0.0002 0.0406
PNW dredged winter 0.0000013 0.0000006 0.0000001 0.0000051
spring 0.0010 0.0001 0.0000 0.0035
summer 0.0092 0.0020 0.0001 0.0378
fall 0.000056 0.000018 0.000001 0.000199
PNW intertidal winter 0.0000078 0.0000030 0.0000003 0.0000302
spring 0.0426 0.0040 0.0001 0.1905
summer 0.4034 0.1417 0.0089 1.7430
fall 0.002443 0.000360 0.000019 0.010002
Table A7-12. Mean pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus per gram at-cool down after immediate refrigeration, i.e., ~1 log reduction
Region Season Mean (no mitigation) Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 1.317 0.0591 0.0397 0.0130 0.1650
spring 108.460 4.1855 2.7837 0.8359 11.7680
summer 287.154 10.0785 6.6973 2.3462 28.6955
fall 27.512 0.6541 0.3875 0.0903 2.0872
Gulf non-LA winter 0.644 0.0603 0.0383 0.0137 0.1721
spring 77.027 4.2041 2.8754 0.8177 11.9167
summer 202.870 10.0933 6.7617 2.4139 28.4286
fall 11.979 0.6574 0.3790 0.0927 2.1358
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.007 0.00234 0.00175 0.00042 0.00591
spring 2.398 0.0971 0.0527 0.0146 0.2941
summer 11.814 0.5217 0.3361 0.1089 1.4607
fall 0.250 0.0302 0.0204 0.0071 0.0801
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.007 0.00228 0.00160 0.00040 0.00544
spring 20.040 0.8753 0.5677 0.1350 2.7134
summer 59.295 2.5533 1.5811 0.4567 7.6112
fall 1.4779 0.0898 0.0449 0.0137 0.3155
PNW dredged winter 0.0005 0.000169 0.000105 0.00002 0.000557
spring 0.6363 0.0223 0.0079 0.0011 0.0760
summer 6.4807 0.1973 0.0977 0.0232 0.6755
fall 0.0162 0.00195 0.00138 0.00040 0.00498
PNW intertidal winter 0.0011 0.00037 0.00020 0.00003 0.00131
spring 10.1514 1.8835 0.2277 0.0092 9.7423
summer 105.049 20.4757 9.4094 0.9484 84.2898
fall 0.240 0.0380 0.0130 0.0022 0.1329
Table A7-13. Mean pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus per serving at-retail after immediate refrigeration, i.e., ~1 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean (no mitigation) Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.4750 11.9386 8.0146 2.6278 33.3291
spring 39.2890 845.4704 562.3106 168.8508 2377.1382
summer 104.0239 2035.86 1352.85 473.9361 5796.4965
fall 9.9519 132.1342 78.2792 18.2489 421.6187
Gulf non-LA winter 0.2294 12.1846 7.7457 2.7649 34.7622
spring 27.9565 849.2298 580.8270 165.1785 2407.1684
summer 73.4609 2038.84 1365.86 487.6049 5742.5852
fall 4.3620 132.7878 76.5543 18.7229 431.4337
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0025 0.4734 0.3536 0.0846 1.1934
spring 0.8777 19.6208 10.6371 2.9497 59.4099
summer 4.2858 105.3749 67.8978 22.0022 295.0676
fall 0.0882 6.1050 4.1237 1.4353 16.1709
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0024 0.4614 0.3241 0.0804 1.0997
spring 7.2760 176.8161 114.6784 27.2646 548.1126
summer 21.4864 515.7639 319.3810 92.2551 1537.4702
fall 0.5410 18.1424 9.0685 2.7665 63.7350
PNW dredged winter 0.00019 0.0341 0.0212 0.0039 0.1124
spring 0.22433 4.4984 1.5888 0.2293 15.3516
summer 2.32247 39.8579 19.7436 4.6772 136.4576
fall 0.00577 0.3931 0.2785 0.0812 1.0063
PNW intertidal winter 0.00040 0.0748 0.0409 0.0066 0.2647
spring 3.7098 380.47 46.00 1.85 1967.93
summer 37.7557 4136.10 1900.71 191.57 17026.55
fall 0.0860 7.6694 2.6215 0.4500 26.8481
Table A7-14. Mean pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus per gram at-cool down after 2 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean (no mitigation) Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 1.317 0.00501 0.00251 0.00039 0.01795
spring 108.460 0.38858 0.32658 0.11234 0.88743
summer 287.154 1.03056 0.90900 0.36279 2.15488
fall 27.512 0.09750 0.07328 0.01609 0.24394
Gulf non-LA winter 0.644 0.00228 0.00114 0.00027 0.00753
spring 77.027 0.27724 0.22999 0.07549 0.65012
summer 202.870 0.72828 0.63702 0.24142 1.56452
fall 11.979 0.04253 0.02950 0.00558 0.12375
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.007 2.44E-05 1.78E-05 3.47E-06 6.04E-05
spring 2.398 0.00887 0.00492 0.00062 0.03239
summer 11.814 0.04225 0.02914 0.00682 0.11437
fall 0.250 0.00099 0.00045 0.00012 0.00337
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.007 2.44E-05 1.73E-05 3.47E-06 6.09E-05
spring 20.040 0.07301 0.06030 0.01548 0.17157
summer 59.295 0.21194 0.16272 0.03601 0.53950
fall 1.4779 0.00506 0.00232 0.00033 0.01933
PNW dredged winter 0.0005 1.87E-06 9.90E-07 0.00E+00 6.44E-06
spring 0.6363 0.00213 0.00025 0.00002 0.00918
summer 6.4807 0.02332 0.00758 0.00099 0.09652
fall 0.0162 4.92E-05 2.60E-05 5.94E-06 1.47E-04
PNW intertidal winter 0.0011 3.98E-06 2.12E-06 3.36E-07 1.36E-05
spring 10.1514 0.03490 0.00405 0.00012 0.19899
summer 105.049 0.37985 0.18354 0.01770 1.53891
fall 0.240 0.00069 0.00019 0.00003 0.00231
Table A7-15. Mean pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus at-retail per serving after 2 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean (no mitigation) Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.4750 1.012 0.506 0.078 3.625
spring 39.2890 78.49 65.97 22.69 179.26
summer 104.0239 208.17 183.62 73.28 435.29
fall 9.9519 19.70 14.80 3.25 49.28
Gulf non-LA winter 0.2294 0.461 0.230 0.054 1.520
spring 27.9565 56.00 46.46 15.25 131.32
summer 73.4609 147.11 128.68 48.77 316.03
fall 4.3620 8.59 5.96 1.13 25.00
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0025 0.0049 0.0036 0.0007 0.0122
spring 0.8777 1.79 0.99 0.13 6.54
summer 4.2858 8.54 5.89 1.38 23.10
fall 0.0882 0.2000 0.0900 0.0243 0.6803
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0024 0.0049 0.0035 0.0007 0.0123
spring 7.2760 14.75 12.18 3.13 34.66
summer 21.4864 42.81 32.87 7.27 108.98
fall 0.5410 1.02 0.47 0.07 3.90
PNW dredged winter 0.00019 0.00038 0.00020 0.00000 0.00130
spring 0.22433 0.4308 0.0501 0.0041 1.8535
summer 2.32247 4.7107 1.5304 0.1997 19.4966
fall 0.00577 0.0099 0.0053 0.0012 0.0297
PNW intertidal winter 0.00040 0.00080 0.00043 0.00007 0.00276
spring 3.7098 7.0507 0.8184 0.0250 40.1965
summer 37.7557 76.7307 37.0752 3.5762 310.8602
fall 0.0860 0.1384 0.0379 0.0056 0.4666
Table A7-16. Mean pathogenic V.parahaemolyticus per gram at cooldown after 4.5 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean (no mitigation) Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 1.317 1.58E-05 8.42E-06 9.90E-07 5.74E-05
spring 108.460 1.23E-03 1.04E-03 3.55E-04 2.80E-03
summer 287.154 3.26E-03 2.87E-03 1.15E-03 6.80E-03
fall 27.512 3.08E-04 2.37E-04 5.00E-05 7.68E-04
Gulf non- LA winter 0.644 7.19E-06 3.47E-06 4.95E-07 2.43E-05
spring 77.027 8.76E-04 7.24E-04 2.39E-04 2.04E-03
summer 202.870 2.30E-03 2.01E-03 7.52E-04 4.95E-03
fall 11.979 1.35E-04 9.21E-05 1.83E-05 3.95E-04
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.007 8.32E-08 0.00E+0 0.00E+00 4.95E-07
spring 2.398 2.80E-05 1.53E-05 1.49E-06 1.01E-04
summer 11.814 1.34E-04 9.11E-05 2.08E-05 3.67E-04
fall 0.250 3.15E-06 1.49E-06 0.00E+00 1.19E-05
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.007 7.52E-08 0.00E+0 0.00E+00 4.95E-07
spring 20.040 2.31E-04 1.92E-04 5.05E-05 5.44E-04
summer 59.295 6.70E-04 5.20E-04 1.13E-04 1.70E-03
fall 1.4779 1.60E-05 7.67E-06 9.65E-07 6.04E-05
PNW dredged winter 0.0005 5.45E-09 0.00E+0 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
spring 0.6363 6.88E-06 9.90E-07 0.00E+00 2.99E-05
summer 6.4807 7.40E-05 2.40E-05 2.97E-06 3.07E-04
fall 0.0162 1.65E-07 0.00E+0 0.00E+00 9.90E-07
PNW intertidal winter 0.0011 1.26E-08 6.70E-09 1.06E-09 4.32E-08
spring 10.1514 1.10E-04 1.28E-05 3.92E-07 6.29E-04
summer 105.049 1.20E-03 5.80E-04 5.60E-05 4.87E-03
fall 0.240 2.17E-06 5.94E-07 8.71E-08 7.31E-06
Table A7-17. Mean pathogenic V.parahaemolyticus per serving at-retail after 4.5 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean (no mitigation) Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.4750 0.00320 0.00170 0.00020 0.01160
spring 39.2890 0.24828 0.20925 0.07178 0.56649
summer 104.0239 0.65827 0.57880 0.23236 1.37454
fall 9.9519 0.06224 0.04785 0.01010 0.15521
Gulf non-LA winter 0.2294 0.00145 0.00070 0.00010 0.00491
spring 27.9565 0.17697 0.14630 0.04819 0.41267
summer 73.4609 0.46534 0.40625 0.15198 0.99969
fall 4.3620 0.02724 0.01860 0.00370 0.07971
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0025 1.68E-05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1.00E-04
spring 0.8777 0.00565 0.00310 0.00030 0.02041
summer 4.2858 0.02706 0.01840 0.00420 0.07422
fall 0.0882 0.00064 0.00030 0.00000 0.00240
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0024 1.52E-05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1.00E-04
spring 7.2760 0.04668 0.03870 0.01020 0.10990
summer 21.4864 0.13534 0.10510 0.02289 0.34281
fall 0.5410 0.00324 0.00155 0.00020 0.01221
PNW dredged winter 0.00019 1.10E-06 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
spring 0.22433 0.00139 0.00020 0.00000 0.00603
summer 2.32247 0.01494 0.00485 0.00060 0.06202
fall 0.00577 3.33E-05 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 2.00E-04
PNW intertidal winter 0.00040 2.54E-06 1.35E-06 2.15E-07 8.72E-06
spring 3.7098 0.02230 0.00259 0.00008 0.12711
summer 37.7557 0.24264 0.11724 0.01131 0.98303
fall 0.0860 0.00044 0.00012 0.00002 0.00148
Table A7-18. # of annual illnesses after immediate refrigeration, i.e. ~1 log reduction
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.80 0.41 0.04 2.53
spring 54.06 28.50 2.98 185.27
summer 138.87 73.65 7.64 492.47
fall 8.81 3.99 0.34 33.51
Gulf non-LA winter 0.72 0.35 0.04 2.31
spring 28.95 14.38 1.52 98.14
summer 41.62 22.05 2.55 144.08
fall 7.65 3.43 0.32 27.77
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0244 0.0134 0.0011 0.0814
spring 0.3305 0.1374 0.0129 1.2325
summer 1.7132 0.8781 0.0986 6.1876
fall 0.5514 0.2955 0.0290 1.8030
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0106 0.0058 0.0005 0.0372
spring 0.5267 0.2528 0.0242 2.0308
summer 0.8264 0.3839 0.0395 3.1570
fall 0.6352 0.2707 0.0250 2.4228
PNW dredged winter 4.97E-04 2.27E-04 1.89E-05 1.97E-03
spring 0.0509 0.0124 0.0009 0.1594
summer 0.3689 0.1216 0.0102 1.4661
fall 0.0081 0.0040 0.0004 0.0307
PNW intertidal winter 0.0032 0.0013 0.0001 0.0126
spring 9.98 1.04 0.02 49.94
summer 95.71 31.73 1.94 422.48
fall 0.49 0.11 0.01 1.70
Table A7-19. # of annual illnesses after 2 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.0704 0.0245 0.0017 0.2957
spring 5.20 3.15 0.35 16.69
summer 14.56 9.67 1.10 46.88
fall 1.34 0.72 0.06 4.98
Gulf non-LA winter 0.0279 0.0101 0.0009 0.1085
spring 1.9684 1.1501 0.1299 6.3499
summer 3.0684 1.9492 0.2188 10.3400
fall 0.5134 0.2563 0.0209 1.8016
Northeast Atlantic winter 2.54E-04 1.38E-04 1.13E-05 8.67E-04
spring 0.0307 0.0120 0.0008 0.1254
summer 0.1383 0.0707 0.0070 0.5312
fall 0.0180 0.0064 0.0005 0.0732
Mid-Atlantic winter 1.13E-04 5.87E-05 5.36E-06 4.08E-04
spring 0.0449 0.0254 0.0027 0.1599
summer 0.0704 0.0366 0.0038 0.2553
fall 0.0367 0.0125 0.0008 0.1579
PNW dredged winter 5.51E-06 2.29E-06 0.00E+00 2.19E-05
spring 4.73E-03 4.07E-04 1.72E-05 1.69E-02
summer 0.0441 0.0091 0.0006 0.1983
fall 2.10E-04 7.20E-05 6.61E-06 7.42E-04
PNW intertidal winter 3.35E-05 1.17E-05 0.00E+00 1.39E-04
spring 0.2209 0.0178 0.0003 1.0663
summer 2.1265 0.6351 0.0394 9.3803
fall 0.0085 0.0016 0.0001 0.0289
Table A7-20. # of annual illnesses after 4.5 log reduction mitigation
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 2.23E-04 7.63E-05 3.87E-06 9.80E-04
spring 1.65E-02 9.99E-03 1.09E-03 5.32E-02
summer 4.61E-02 3.06E-02 3.49E-03 1.50E-01
fall 4.24E-03 2.29E-03 1.98E-04 1.60E-02
Gulf non-LA winter 8.79E-05 3.10E-05 1.43E-06 3.49E-04
spring 6.22E-03 3.64E-03 4.11E-04 2.02E-02
summer 9.71E-03 6.13E-03 7.00E-04 3.24E-02
fall 1.63E-03 8.05E-04 6.58E-05 5.79E-03
Northeast Atlantic winter 8.57E-07 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 4.92E-06
spring 9.66E-05 3.61E-05 1.77E-06 3.90E-04
summer 4.39E-04 2.20E-04 2.09E-05 1.64E-03
fall 5.63E-05 1.94E-05 0.00E+00 2.34E-04
Mid-Atlantic winter 3.40E-07 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 2.26E-06
spring 1.42E-04 8.03E-05 8.54E-06 5.09E-04
summer 2.23E-04 1.16E-04 1.17E-05 8.03E-04
fall 1.16E-04 4.02E-05 1.45E-06 5.16E-04
PNW dredged winter 1.49E-08 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
spring 1.49E-05 1.11E-06 0.00E+00 5.09E-05
summer 1.40E-04 2.75E-05 1.50E-06 6.47E-04
fall 6.71E-07 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 4.16E-06
PNW intertidal winter 9.18E-08 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
spring 7.04E-04 5.40E-05 0.00E+00 3.47E-03
summer 6.77E-03 2.04E-03 1.27E-04 3.01E-02
fall 2.67E-05 3.37E-06 0.00E+00 1.09E-04
Total  0.093   
Table A7-21. Percent of harvest exceeding 10,000/g (1,000/g in PNW) at harvest
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.0284% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.1500%
spring 1.1798% 0.5650% 0.1795% 4.1100%
summer 2.8700% 1.3850% 0.5895% 9.5050%
fall 0.2293% 0.0900% 0.0100% 0.8900%
Gulf non-LA winter 0.0297% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.1600%
spring 1.1838% 0.5700% 0.1700% 4.2010%
summer 2.8658% 1.3950% 0.5800% 9.5640%
fall 0.2279% 0.0900% 0.0100% 0.9200%
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0004% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.0261% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.1300%
summer 0.2057% 0.0600% 0.0100% 0.8815%
fall 0.0154% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0800%
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0004% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.2021% 0.0800% 0.0100% 0.7905%
summer 0.9556% 0.3950% 0.0895% 3.4910%
fall 0.0391% 0.0100% 0.0000% 0.1805%
PNW dredged winter 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.0023% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0100%
summer 0.0235% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.1200%
fall 0.0001% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
PNW intertidal winter 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.4398% 0.1200% 0.0000% 2.0205%
summer 4.0570% 3.2850% 0.7200% 10.9245%
fall 0.0173% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0700%
Table A7-22. Percent of harvest exceeding 10,000/g (1,000/g in PNW) at cooldown
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.7187% 0.4900% 0.0700% 2.0805%
spring 27.0453% 26.4400% 16.0095% 40.4635%
summer 59.3192% 59.2150% 45.3275% 73.5945%
fall 7.2283% 6.4100% 2.5395% 14.1435%
Gulf non-LA winter 0.3857% 0.2300% 0.0200% 1.2805%
spring 22.7366% 22.2350% 12.9260% 35.0890%
summer 52.1745% 51.8150% 37.4160% 67.1665%
fall 4.3686% 3.7850% 1.2295% 9.0805%
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0005% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 1.0107% 0.8000% 0.1500% 2.5305%
summer 7.0001% 6.1250% 2.0170% 14.9175%
fall 0.1326% 0.0800% 0.0100% 0.4500%
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0006% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 5.8520% 5.5350% 2.7985% 9.7605%
summer 22.9236% 22.0350% 9.9590% 39.5220%
fall 0.5801% 0.4300% 0.0600% 1.6200%
PNW dredged winter 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.1645% 0.0200% 0.0000% 0.8110%
summer 1.7676% 1.2100% 0.1600% 5.5115%
fall 0.0043% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0200%
PNW intertidal winter 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 1.4599% 0.6150% 0.0000% 5.9010%
summer 11.8406% 10.8000% 3.2690% 25.2505%
fall 0.0662% 0.0300% 0.0000% 0.2400%
Table A7-23. Percent of harvest exceeding 10,000/g (1,000/g in PNW) at retail
Region Season Mean Median 5th %-tile 95th %-tile
Gulf LA winter 0.3139% 0.1900% 0.0100% 1.0005%
spring 17.5404% 16.8500% 9.0630% 28.5542%
summer 42.9736% 42.5050% 27.9665% 59.0720%
fall 4.4157% 3.7900% 1.2795% 9.2920%
Gulf non-LA winter 0.1489% 0.0800% 0.0000% 0.5305%
spring 13.9662% 13.3350% 6.7100% 23.4855%
summer 35.3920% 34.6300% 21.5750% 51.4820%
fall 2.3744% 1.9500% 0.5395% 5.4900%
Northeast Atlantic winter 0.0001% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.5058% 0.3700% 0.0500% 1.4620%
summer 3.2025% 2.5700% 0.6785% 7.8675%
fall 0.0506% 0.0300% 0.0000% 0.1805%
Mid-Atlantic winter 0.0001% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 3.4714% 3.1900% 1.3295% 6.4715%
summer 13.0003% 11.8700% 4.2245% 25.9300%
fall 0.2912% 0.1900% 0.0100% 0.9100%
PNW dredged winter 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.0682% 0.0100% 0.0000% 0.3500%
summer 0.7804% 0.4500% 0.0400% 2.7115%
fall 0.0014% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0100%
PNW intertidal winter 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
spring 0.7493% 0.2300% 0.0000% 3.3505%
summer 6.7454% 5.7250% 1.4190% 16.7305%
fall 0.0275% 0.0100% 0.0000% 0.1100%
Table A7-24. Effect of Compliance Levels on the Effectiveness of Controlling Total Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Oysters at cooldown for Gulf Coast Louisiana Summer
Total Vp/g At-Retaila Compliance Levelb Reduction in Mean Risk per Serving (%) Harvest Diverted (%)c Illness Averted (%)d
100/g 50% 50.0% 49.0% 74.5%
70% 70.1% 68.6% 90.6%
90% 90.0% 88.2% 98.8%
100% ~100% 98.0% ~100%
1000/g 50% 50.0% 43.5% 71.7%
70% 70.0% 60.9% 88.3%
90% 90.0% 78.3% 97.8%
100% ~100% 87.0% ~100%
5000/g 50% 49.8% 34.5% 67.1%
70% 69.9% 48.3% 84.4%
90% 89.7% 62.1% 96.1%
100% 99.6% 69.0% 99.9%
10,000/g 50% 49.5% 29.7% 64.6%
70% 69.4% 41.5% 82.1%
90% 89.2% 53.4% 95.0%
100% 99.0% 59.3% 99.7%
100,000/g 50% 45.3% 13.9% 53.4%
70% 63.4% 19.4% 71.2%
90% 81.6% 25.0% 86.9%
100% 90.6% 27.8% 94.1%

a Assumes that the level of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is known in oysters at the time of harvest.
b The compliance level is the percentage oyster harvest, which is removed from the raw oyster consumption market or subjected to preventive controls; this percentage is assumed to have the same distribution of Vp/g as under the baseline (no mitigation) scenario.
c Refers to the harvest that would need to be diverted from the raw market or subjected to preventive controls.
d Assuming that the volume of product available for raw consumption is impacted (i.e., reduced) according to the estimate of the % of harvest lost from the raw market or subjected to preventive controls.


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