Titre :
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Consequences in Georgia of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella infections : What you don't know might hurt you. (1999)
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Auteurs :
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B.E. MAHON ;
C. DRENZEK ;
P.M. GRIFFIN ;
L. HUTWAGNER ;
K. MALONEY ;
L. SLUTSKER ;
K. TOOMEY ;
Biostatistics and Information Management Branch. Cdc. Atlanta. GA. USA ;
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cdc Atlanta. GA. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 1, 1999)
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Pagination :
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31-35
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Salmonellose
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Bactériose
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Infection
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Homme
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Prévention santé
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Epidémie
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Education santé
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Appareil digestif [pathologie]
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Géorgie
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST IJR0xKrF. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study assessed the impact in Georgia of a nationwide salmonellose outbreak caused by ice crosses products and the effectiveness of the subsequent warning against eating the implicated products. Methoas. A telephone survey of 250 randomly selected Georgia custemers of the ice cream producer was conducted 1 to 17 days atter the Results. Respondents from 179 households representing 628 persons were interviewed. The median date of first hearing the warning was 5 days after it was issued, and 16 respondents (9%) had not heard it. Among those who had heard the warning, 42 (26%) die not initially believe the products were unsale. In 22 (31%) of the 72 households that had the implicated ice cream when the respondent heard the warning, someone subsequently ate the ice cream Diarrhea was reported in 26% (12 1/463) of persons who had cuten the products but in only 5% (8/132) who had not (odds ratio [conending for household clustering)=3.8 ; 93% confludence interval 0 7.5). We estimate this outbreak caused 11 000 cases of diarrhea in Georgia, 1760 (6%) with exposure after the warning. Conclusions. A large outbreak occurred in Georgia, much of which ingh have been prevented by a more fimely and convincing warning.
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