3.1.2. Egg consumption
Forty-five (47.9%) of the study participants ate eggs in the week
before the onset of their illness. Of the people that ate eggs, 41 (91.1%)
reported that the eggs were prepared in the home, eight (17.8%) ate
eggs prepared away from home and four (8.9%) ate eggs prepared
both at home and away from home in the week before illness onset.
Nineteen participants (42% of those that ate eggs) indicated that they
ate runny or undercooked eggs in the week before onset of illness. The
place of purchase for the 41 participants that ate eggs prepared at
home was predominantly the supermarket (25), followed by a
butcher (5) and own chickens (3).