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| Title |
Case-control study of an outbreak of acute toxoplasmosis in an industrial plant in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
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| Published in |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0036-46652012000500001 |
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| Authors |
Claudio Cesar Jaguaribe Ekman, Maria Fernanda do Valle Chiossi, Luciana Regina Meireles, Heitor Franco de Andrade Júnior, Walter Manso Figueiredo, Maria Aparecida Moraes Marciano, Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna |
| Abstract |
Foodborne diseases represent operational risks in industrial restaurants. We described an outbreak of nine clustered cases of acute illness resembling acute toxoplasmosis in an industrial plant with 2300 employees. These patients and another 36 similar asymptomatic employees were diagnosed with anti-T. gondii IgG titer and avidity by ELISA. We excluded 14 patients based on high IgG avidity and chronic toxoplasmosis: 13 from controls and one from acute disease other than T. gondii infection. We also identified another three asymptomatic employees with T.gondii acute infection and also anti-T. gondii IgM positive as remaining acute cases. Case control study was conducted by interview in 11 acute infections and 20 negative controls. The ingestion of green vegetables, but not meat or water, was observed to be associated with the incidence of acute disease. These data reinforce the importance of sanitation control in industrial restaurants and also demonstrate the need for improvement in quality control regarding vegetables at risk for T. gondii oocyst contamination. We emphasized the accurate diagnosis of indexed cases and the detection of asymptomatic infections to determine the extent of the toxoplasmosis outbreak. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Serbia | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 93 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 11% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Researcher | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 21% |
| Unknown | 22 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 18% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 13 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 13% |
| Unknown | 31 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 September 2012.
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