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A descriptive study of reportable gastrointestinal illnesses in Ontario, Canada, from 2007 to 2009
| العنوان: | A descriptive study of reportable gastrointestinal illnesses in Ontario, Canada, from 2007 to 2009 |
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| المؤلفون: | Vrbova Linda, Johnson Karen, Whitfield Yvonne, Middleton Dean |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 970 (2012) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2012. |
| سنة النشر: | 2012 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Abstract Background Gastrointestinal illnesses (GI) continue to pose a substantial burden in terms of morbidity and economic impact in Canada. We describe the epidemiology of reportable GI in Ontario by characterizing the incidence of each reportable GI, as well as associated demographics, clinical outcomes, seasonality, risk settings, and likely sources of infection. Methods Reports on laboratory confirmed cases of amebiasis, botulism, campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis, cyclosporiasis, giardiasis, hepatitis A, listeriosis, paratyphoid fever, salmonellosis, shigellosis, typhoid fever, illness due to verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC-illness), and yersiniosis, from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009 were obtained from Ontario’s passive reportable disease surveillance system. Cases were classified by history of relevant travel, association with outbreaks, and likely source of infection, obtained through follow-up of reported cases by local health authorities. Results There were 29,897 GI reported by health authorities in Ontario from 2007 to 2009. The most frequently reported diseases were campylobacteriosis (10,916 cases or 36.5% of all GI illnesses) and salmonellosis (7,514 cases, 25.1%). Overall, 26.9% of GI cases reported travel outside of Ontario during the relevant incubation period. Children four years of age and younger had the highest incidence rate for most GI, and significantly more (54.8%, p Conclusions Reportable GI continues to be a burden in Ontario. Since more than one in four GI cases experienced in Ontario were acquired outside of the province, international travel is an important risk factor for most GI. Because private homes are the most commonly reported risk settings and the main suspect sources of infection are food, animal contact and ill persons, these findings support the continued need for public health food safety programs, public education on safe handling of food and animals, and proper hand hygiene practices. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 90640594 |
| Relation: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/970; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-970 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/f2d0b505c57b41868ad2d9a90640594b |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.f2d0b505c57b41868ad2d9a90640594b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-970 |