Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016
Background: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the most important agents of travelers’ diarrheal diseases in the developing countries. The main purpose of this study was to determine the association of ETEC outbreaks with climatic and demographic variables in Yazd province o...
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doaj-66fa160d5b8f4efe8d1b57063f80ea882020-11-25T00:43:28ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesJournal of Food Quality and Hazards Control2345-685X2345-68252018-12-0154154160Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016F. Aminharati0M.H. Ehrampoush1M.M. Soltan Dallal2A.A. Dehghani Tafti3M. Yaseri4Z. Rajabi5 Department of Pathobiology and Microbiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Division of Food Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Research Center of Food Microbiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the most important agents of travelers’ diarrheal diseases in the developing countries. The main purpose of this study was to determine the association of ETEC outbreaks with climatic and demographic variables in Yazd province of Iran. Methods: This study was done on 729 food-borne disease rectal swab samples, which gathered during 48 ETEC outbreaks in Yazd province from 2012 to 2016. The isolates were identified by biochemical tests, serotyping, and heat labile enterotoxin assays in Vero cell line culture. The climatic data was gathered from Iran’s Meteorological Organization and Yazd synoptic stations. Data were analyzed by Stata statistical software. Results: The rates of ETEC outbreaks in Ashkezar, Mehriz, and Taft were significantly (p<0.05) more than the other cities of Yazd province. A positive relationship was found between suspended dust condition and the IR of ETEC outbreaks. The IR of ETEC outbreak in autumn was more than the other seasons. Conclusion: The present work showed the association of ETEC outbreaks with some factors such as demographic features, location status, and climate variations. DOI: 10.29252/jfqhc.5.4.7http://jfqhc.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-152-9&slc_lang=en&sid=1Environment Climate Epidemics Escherichia coli Iran |
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F. Aminharati M.H. Ehrampoush M.M. Soltan Dallal A.A. Dehghani Tafti M. Yaseri Z. Rajabi Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016 Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control Environment Climate Epidemics Escherichia coli Iran |
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F. Aminharati M.H. Ehrampoush M.M. Soltan Dallal A.A. Dehghani Tafti M. Yaseri Z. Rajabi |
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016 |
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016 |
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016 |
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016 |
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Yazd Province of Iran during 2012-2016 |
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enterotoxigenic escherichia coli food-borne disease outbreaks in yazd province of iran during 2012-2016 |
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Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences |
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Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control |
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2345-685X 2345-6825 |
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2018-12-01 |
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Background: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the most important agents of travelers’ diarrheal diseases in the developing countries. The main purpose of this study was to determine the association of ETEC outbreaks with climatic and demographic variables in Yazd province of Iran.
Methods: This study was done on 729 food-borne disease rectal swab samples, which gathered during 48 ETEC outbreaks in Yazd province from 2012 to 2016. The isolates were identified by biochemical tests, serotyping, and heat labile enterotoxin assays in Vero cell line culture. The climatic data was gathered from Iran’s Meteorological Organization and Yazd synoptic stations. Data were analyzed by Stata statistical software.
Results: The rates of ETEC outbreaks in Ashkezar, Mehriz, and Taft were significantly (p<0.05) more than the other cities of Yazd province. A positive relationship was found between suspended dust condition and the IR of ETEC outbreaks. The IR of ETEC outbreak in autumn was more than the other seasons.
Conclusion: The present work showed the association of ETEC outbreaks with some factors such as demographic features, location status, and climate variations.
DOI: 10.29252/jfqhc.5.4.7 |
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Environment Climate Epidemics Escherichia coli Iran |
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