Role of Food Insecurity in Outbreak of Anthrax Infections among Humans and Hippopotamuses Living in a Game Reserve Area, Rural Zambia
| Autor: | Sergio Muwowo, Melissa A. Marx, Mark W. Lehman, Fanny Munsaka, Muzala Kapina-Kany’anga, Sean V. Shadomy, Constantine Malama, Philip Malenga, Allen S. Craig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Game reserve
Male Rural Population Veterinary medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine Disease Outbreaks Food Supply 0403 veterinary science 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Zoonoses food insecurity Medicine Role of Food Insecurity in Outbreak of Anthrax Infections among Humans and Hippopotamuses Living in a Game Reserve Area Rural Zambia bacteria Artiodactyla Family Characteristics biology Zoonotic Infection Transmission (medicine) digestive oral and skin physiology hippopotamus 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Middle Aged Bacillus anthracis Anti-Bacterial Agents food safety Infectious Diseases One Health Hippopotamus Female Microbiology (medical) Adult Meat Adolescent 040301 veterinary sciences 030231 tropical medicine Zambia lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Anthrax 03 medical and health sciences one health Environmental health Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Aged business.industry Research lcsh:R Outbreak Chama biology.organism_classification Food safety Survival Analysis Cross-Sectional Studies business |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 9, Pp 1471-1477 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 |
| Popis: | In September 2011, a total of 511 human cases of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) infection and 5 deaths were reported in a game management area in the district of Chama, Zambia, near where 85 hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious) had recently died of suspected anthrax. The human infections generally responded to antibiotics. To clarify transmission, we conducted a cross-sectional, interviewer-administered household survey in villages where human anthrax cases and hippopotamuses deaths were reported. Among 284 respondents, 84% ate hippopotamus meat before the outbreak. Eating, carrying, and preparing meat were associated with anthrax infection. Despite the risk, 23% of respondents reported they would eat meat from hippopotamuses found dead again because of food shortage (73%), lack of meat (12%), hunger (7%), and protein shortage (5%). Chronic food insecurity can lead to consumption of unsafe foods, leaving communities susceptible to zoonotic infection. Interagency cooperation is necessary to prevent outbreaks by addressing the root cause of exposure, such as food insecurity. |
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