| Titre : | Consequences in Georgia of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella infections : What you don't know might hurt you. (1999) |
| Auteurs : | 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 |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 1, 1999) |
| Pagination : | 31-35 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Salmonellose ; Bactériose ; Infection ; Homme ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Prévention santé ; Epidémie ; Education santé ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Géorgie ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [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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