A prolonged outbreak of ornithosis in duck processors
Autor: | F. D. Kirby, C. P. S. J. Newman, S. R. Palmer, E. O. Caul |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Attack rate Occupational disease Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Psittacosis Occupational safety and health Disease Outbreaks law.invention law Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Ornithosis Animals Humans Medicine Food-Processing Industry Poultry Diseases business.industry Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Virology Occupational Diseases Ducks Infectious Diseases Transmission (mechanics) Chlamydophila psittaci Female business Abattoirs Research Article |
Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection. 108:203-210 |
ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
Popis: | SUMMARYIn 1985 an outbreak of ornithosis affected 13 of 80 (16%) workers in a duck-processing plant. New employees were three times more likely to become cases than established employees. The highest attack rate was in those on the production line. Following the outbreak, an occupational health scheme was set up to monitor the health of new recruits to the company. Serological evidence of recent infection was demonstrated in 18 of 37 (49%) new employees tested in the first 3 months of employment. Five (14%) also had clinical evidence of ornithosis. Veterinary investigation of the ducks demonstrated a high proportion with asymptomatic chlamydial infection. It is suggested that ornithosis may be more common in duck processors than ins processors than is currently supposed. Strategies to reduce occupational risks are discussed. |
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