Outbreak

John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the adoption of anesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered to be one of the fathers of epidemiology, because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, England, in 1854. Early life and education Snow was born 15 March 1813 in York, England. He was the first of nine children born to William and Frances Snow in their North Street home. His neighborhood was one of the poorest in the city

Artigo original Ocorrência de surtos de doenças transmitidas por alimentos no Município de Chapecó, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil, no período de 1995 a 2007 doi: 10.5123/S1679-49742011000300015 Occurrence of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in the Municipality of Chapecó, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in the Period from 1995 to 2007 Débora Melyna Marchi Nutriplus Alimentação e Tecnologia LTDA, Chapecó-SC, Brasil Nayara Baggio Programa de Medicina Preventiva da Unimed…

meat and dairy products contaminated. However, in the last decade, the rate of contamination of fresh vegetable has increased considerably, plus the genetic variations that have suffered the bacteria, such as serotype O104:H4 that caused a large outbreak in Germany in 2011. This group of pathogen has also the ability to form biofilms on multiple surface types, representing a critical problem for the food industry. Studies have been published, but little is known about the group of…

Agricultural Affairs in Beijing (OAA/Beijing) revised the 2012 forecast for China’s beef production upward by 24,000 metric tons (MT), carcass weight equivalent (CWE), to 5.5 million metric tons (MMT). The increase reflects fewer than expected outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD), as well as higher slaughter weights, which were driven by improved feed quality. Cattle exports are expected to increase 13 percent to 33,000 head, largely due to growing demand from slaughter…

relativos à ocorrências/surtos... Levantamento DE DADOS EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS RELATIVOS À 1139 OCORRÊNCIAS/ SURTOS DE DOENÇAS TRANSMITIDAS POR ALIMENTOS (DTAs) NO ESTADO DO PARANÁ – BRASIL, NO PERÍODO DE 1978 A 2000 Data research of foodborne diseases outbreaks from state of Paraná – Brazil, in the period from 1978 to 2000 Gisele Van Amson1, Sônia Maria Chaves Haracemiv2, Maria Lucia Masson3 RESUMO As doenças transmitidas por alimentos (DTAs) são causadas por agentes biológicos, químicos ou…

Nota Científica/Scientific Note Provável surto de toxinfecção alimentar em funcionários de uma empresa no litoral da região sudeste do Brasil Presumptive outbreak of food-borne disease among employees working for a company in the southeastern coastal region of Brazil RIALA6/1268 Estevão de Camargo PASSOS*, Ana Ruth Pereira de MELLO, Cícero Vagner de SOUSA, Carlos Roberto da SILVA, Ana Carolina Buchalla ALONSO, Eduardo GONZALEZ, Mário TAVARES *Endereço para correspondência:…

Nutrição da Escola de Farmácia, Nair Pimenta, pela análise microbiológica realizada. SABIONI, J.G. et al. [Food-poisoning from Minas-type cheese, contamined with Staphylococcus aureus]. Rev. Saúde públ., S. Paulo, 22:458-61, 1988. ABSTRACT: An outbreak of food poisoning which occurred in July, 1987, in the city of Ouro Preto, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is reported. The food involved was a Minas-type cheese, contamined by Staphylococcus aureus to the level of 9.3 x 107 CFU/g.…

v. 61. n. 11. p. 3977-3988, 1995. Arankalle, V. A.; Sarada Devi, K. L.; Lole K. S. et al. Molecular characterization of hepatitis A virus from a large outbreak from Kerala, India. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. v. 123. n. 6. p. 760-769, 2006. Arauz-Ruiz, P.; Sundqvist, L.; García, Z. et al. Presumed common source outbreaks of hepatitis A in an endemic area confirmed by limited sequencing within the VP1 region. Journal of Medical Virology. v. 65. n. 3. p. 449-456, 2001.…

Rev Med (São Paulo). 2007 jul.-set.;86(3):148-54. Artigos Médicos Surtos de varicela em creches na Capela do Socorro em 2005 Varicella outbreak in the Capela do Socorro, 2005 Julio Zonzini Máximo de Carvalho1, Thiago Ribeiro Rodrigues1, Tatiana Tarules Azzi1, Patrícia Carla Piragibe Ramos Burihan2 Carvalho JZM, Rodrigues TR, Azzi TT, Burihan PCPR. Surtos de varicela em creches na Capela do Socorro em 2005. Rev Med (São Paulo). 2007 jul.-set.;86(3):148-54. RESUMO: A varicela é…

the purpose to analyse the foodborne disease outbreaks occurred in Limeira, state of São Paulo. According to the results, a epidemiological profile was build. The realization of the search is justified because foodborne disease outbreaks represents a serious public health problem and the study 78 of the factors is very important to offer tools to decrease the outbreaks occurs. During the study was reported seven foodborne disease outbreaks, 85,7%s in residences and the main…