Outbreak of Haff Disease along the Yangtze River, Anhui Province, China, 2016
| Autor: | Chao Lin, Zhouxiang Cheng, Chen Qi, Yan Ma, Dan Li, Wei Qin, Tichao Zhou, Lei Gong, Jiabing Wu, Bing Zha, Huilai Ma, Dafang Ge, Jian Chen, Wanwan Ma, Shicong Li, Qun Li |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Veterinary medicine China Outbreak of Haff Disease along the Yangtze River Anhui Province China 2016 Haff disease 030231 tropical medicine Population lcsh:Medicine Biology Incubation period Disease Outbreaks lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rivers medicine Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine education toxin education.field_of_study outbreak crayfish Research musculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology lcsh:R Outbreak medicine.disease Crayfish food safety Infectious Diseases Increased risk nervous system Case-Control Studies Yangtze river rhabdomyolysis epidemiology |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 12, Pp 2916-2921 (2020) Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | We investigated a large outbreak of Haff disease that occurred along the Yangtze River in Anhui Province, China, in 2016. Of the 672 cases identified during the outbreak, 83.3% (560/672) occurred in Wuhu and Ma'anshan. Patients experienced myalgia (100%) and muscle weakness (54.7%). The mean value of myoglobin was 330 + 121.2 ng/mL and of serum creatine kinase 5,439.2 + 4,765.1 U/L. Eating crayfish was the only common exposure among all cases; 96.8% (240/248) of implicated crayfish were caught on the shores of the Yangtze River or its connected ditches. Mean incubation period was 6.2 + 3.8 hours. This case-control study demonstrated that eating the liver of crayfish and eating a large quantity of crayfish were associated with an increased risk for Haff disease. The seasonal increases in crayfish population along the Yangtze River might explain the seasonal outbreaks of Haff disease. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|