Consequences in Georgia of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella infections
What you don't know might hurt you
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 11036616 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Barbara E Mahon (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Laurence Slutsker, Lori Hutwagner, Cherie Drenzek, K Maloney, Kelly W Maloney (0000-0002-3711-9529), Kathleen Toomey, Patricia M Griffin (0000-0003-2698-7547) |
| Ano | 1999 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 31-35 |
| Data de publicação | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Editora | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.89.1.31 |
| PMID | 9987461 |
| OpenAlex | W2074923986 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 14 |
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the impact in Georgia of a nationwide salmonellosis outbreak caused by ice cream products and the effectiveness of the subsequent warning against eating the implicated products. METHODS: A telephone survey of 250 randomly selected Georgia customers of the ice cream producer was conducted 13 to 17 days after the warning. 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%) did not initially believe the products were unsafe. 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% (121/463) of persons who had eaten the products but in only 5% (8/152) who had not (odds ratio [controlling for household clustering] = 3.8; 95% confidence interval = 2.0, 7.5). We estimate this outbreak caused 11,000 cases of diarrhea in Georgia, 1760 (16%) with exposure after the warning. CONCLUSIONS: A large outbreak occurred in Georgia, much of which might have been prevented by a more timely and convincing warning
Confidence interval · Diarrhea · Environmental health · Ice cream · Odds ratio · Outbreak · Respondent · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Demography · Food Safety and Hygiene · Food Science · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Risk Perception and Management
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,15 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1999 - 2025 (27) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 2 |