Consequences in Georgia of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella infections: what you don't know might hurt you.
Am J Public Health
; 89(1): 31-5, 1999 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9987461
ABSTRACT
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.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Intoxicação Alimentar por Salmonella
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Educação em Saúde
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Surtos de Doenças
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Sorvetes
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos