Update on the campylobacter epidemic from chicken meat in New Zealand: The urgent need for an upgraded regulatory response.
Epidemiol Infect
; 149: e30, 2020 12 15.
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| ID: mdl-33319723
ABSTRACT
New Zealand has a long-running campylobacter infection (campylobacteriosis) epidemic with contaminated fresh chicken meat as the major source. This is both the highest impact zoonosis and the largest food safety problem in the country. Adding to this burden is the recent rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in these campylobacter infections acquired from locally-produced chicken. Campylobacteriosis rates halved in 2008, as compared with the previous 5 years, following the introduction of regulatory limits on allowable contamination levels in fresh chicken meat, with large health and economic benefits resulting. In the following decade, disease rates do not appear to have declined further. The cumulative impact would equate to an estimated 539 000 cases, 5480 hospitalisations, 284 deaths and economic costs of approximately US$380 million during the last 10 years (2009-2018). Additional regulatory interventions, that build on previously successful regulations in this country, are urgently needed to control the source of this epidemic.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Poultry Diseases
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Campylobacter Infections
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Zoonoses
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Chickens
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Epidemics
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Food Microbiology
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Meat
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
En
Journal:
Epidemiol Infect
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nueva Zelanda