Gastrointestinal and respiratory tract symptoms following brief environmental exposure to aerosols during a pfiesteria-related fish kill
| Autor: | Magnien R, David W. Oldach, Tracy Jk, Dirk Haselow, Lynn M. Grattan, Brown E, J G Morris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Diarrhea Male medicine.medical_specialty Eye Diseases Nausea Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Neuropsychological Tests Toxicology Disease Outbreaks Internal medicine Epidemiology Sore throat Medicine Animals Humans Mortality Inhalation exposure Aerosols Inhalation Exposure Pfiesteria medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Fishes Headache Pharyngitis Environmental exposure Neuropsychological test Environmental Exposure Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Pfiesteria piscicida Surgery Abdominal Pain Case-Control Studies medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A. 63(8) |
| ISSN: | 1528-7394 |
| Popis: | An outbreak of illness with flulike symptoms among state workers responding to a Pfiesteria bloom that resulted in fish death and distress on the Chicamacomico River on Maryland's Eastern Shore was investigated. Using case-control methodology, seven workers present at the Chicamacomico were compared to seven occupationally matched controls not present. Participants completed questionnaires assessing their exposures to water and their symptom histories and were assessed with a standard neuropsychological test battery. Three months later, the same questionnaires and neuropsychological tests were repeated. Three of the seven exposed workers cited minimal direct contact with water and four cited none. During the event, four developed burning eyes or nares and six developed a headache or sore throat. Six developed crampy abdominal pain, nausea, or diarrhea within 4 h of their exposure. In contrast, the only aforementioned symptom reported by controls was headache in two individuals. Acute and follow-up neuropsychological tests showed no consistent pattern of deficiency among the exposed. In conclusion, a flulike clinical illness was observed following exposure to a Pfiesteria-related fish kill, possibly as a result of inhalation of toxic aerosols. |
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