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Emerg Infect Dis ; 27(5): 1296-1300, 2021 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33900178

RESUMO

Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4 cases of laboratory-associated Zika virus disease in the United States during 2016-2019. Of these, 2 were associated with needlestick injuries; for the other 2 cases, the route of transmission was undetermined. In laboratories in which work with Zika virus is performed, good laboratory biosafety practices must be implemented and practiced to reduce the risk for infection among laboratory personnel.


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Infecção por Zika virus , Zika virus , América , Humanos , Laboratórios , Pesquisa , Estados Unidos
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Clin Infect Dis ; 71(8): e323-e330, 2020 11 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31814028

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BACKGROUND: Produce-associated outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) were first identified in 1991. In April 2018, New Jersey and Pennsylvania officials reported a cluster of STEC O157 infections associated with multiple locations of a restaurant chain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) queried PulseNet, the national laboratory network for foodborne disease surveillance, for additional cases and began a national investigation. METHODS: A case was defined as an infection between 13 March and 22 August 2018 with 1 of the 22 identified outbreak-associated E. coli O157:H7 or E. coli O61 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern combinations, or with a strain STEC O157 that was closely related to the main outbreak strain by whole-genome sequencing. We conducted epidemiologic and traceback investigations to identify illness subclusters and common sources. A US Food and Drug Administration-led environmental assessment, which tested water, soil, manure, compost, and scat samples, was conducted to evaluate potential sources of STEC contamination. RESULTS: We identified 240 case-patients from 37 states; 104 were hospitalized, 28 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, and 5 died. Of 179 people who were interviewed, 152 (85%) reported consuming romaine lettuce in the week before illness onset. Twenty subclusters were identified. Product traceback from subcluster restaurants identified numerous romaine lettuce distributors and growers; all lettuce originated from the Yuma growing region. Water samples collected from an irrigation canal in the region yielded the outbreak strain of STEC O157. CONCLUSIONS: We report on the largest multistate leafy greens-linked STEC O157 outbreak in several decades. The investigation highlights the complexities associated with investigating outbreaks involving widespread environmental contamination.


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Infecções por Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli O157 , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos , Escherichia coli Shiga Toxigênica , Surtos de Doenças , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Escherichia coli O157/genética , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/epidemiologia , Humanos , Lactuca , Pennsylvania , Escherichia coli Shiga Toxigênica/genética , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia
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