Crayfish: A newly recognized vehicle for vibrio infections
| Autor: | Nancy H. Bean, J. Snowden, S. Seigler, P. Korazemo, M. E. Potter, E. K. Maloney, Jeffery P. Taylor, B. Ray |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Epidemiology
Food Contamination Astacoidea Microbiology Risk Factors Vibrio Infections medicine Animals Humans Shellfish Food poisoning biology Decapoda musculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology Louisiana biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Crayfish Texas Vibrio Fishery Infectious Diseases nervous system Case-Control Studies Vibrio parahaemolyticus Spiny lobster Research Article Food contaminant |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection. 121:269-273 |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| Popis: | We conducted a 1-year case-control study of sporadic vibrio infections to identify risk factors related to consumption of seafood products in two coastal areas of Louisiana and Texas. Twenty-six persons with sporadic vibrio infections and 77 matched controls were enrolled. Multivariate analysis revealed that crayfish (PPVibrio parahemolyticus infection (or 9·24, PV. vulnificus infection. Although crayfish had been suspected as a vehicle for foodborne disease, this is the first time to our knowledge that consumption of cooked crayfish has been demonstrated to be associated with vibrio infection. |
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