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サルモネラ・タイフィミュリウムファグ10型のヒトからヒトへの感染は,共通発生源のアウトブレイク後に発生する
Lancet (London, England)
|April 18, 1981
まとめ
ある大学のホールで発生したサルモネラ・タイフィムリウム感染症は67人に感染した. 汚染されたコテージパイがメインの波を引き起こし,その後の症例は人から人への感染に繋がった.
科学分野:
- 公共衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 感染症疫学 感染症疫学
- 食物伝染病は,食物に由来する病気です.
背景:
- 胃腸炎の発生は,特に制度的な環境において,公衆衛生上の重大な課題を提起しています.
- サルモネラ・タイフィムリウム (Salmonella typhimurium) は,広範囲に広がる可能性のある食品感染症の一般的な原因です.
研究 の 目的:
- サルモネラ・タイフィミュリウムファグ10型発生の原因と伝播ダイナミクスを調査する.
- 大学寮内の感染の主な源と二次感染経路を特定する.
主な方法:
- 症例調査とアンケート調査を含む疫学調査.
- リスクのある個人における無症状のキャリアのスクリーニング.
- 影響を受けた人や影響を受けていない人の詳細な食歴の収集.
主要な成果:
- 疫病は66人の学生と1人のスタッフを巻き込み,合計67例となった.
- 汚染されたコテージ・パイが,ほとんどの症例の発生源であると判明した (53).
- 残りの症例は,人から人への感染が原因で,二次感染が顕著になった.
結論:
- 食物媒介型サルモネラ菌の発生は,特に閉ざされた地域社会では,人から人への二次感染を伴う可能性があります.
- 効果的なアウトブレイク調査には,包括的な症例発見とキャリアスクリーニングが必要です.
- 感染経路を理解することは,大学ホールなどの機関環境でのアウトブレイクを制御するために不可欠です.
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