Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic, rickettsial pathogen which causes mild and severe diseases often referred to as Q-fever in humans, particularly those occupationally exposed. This study determined the seropositivity for Coxiella burnetii IgM immunoglobulins using the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in livestock and abattoir workers in ...
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In November 2007 a novel neuropathy, immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy (IP), was identified among workers at a Minnesota swine abattoir where a unique compressed air technique was used to remove porcine brains. An epidemiologic investigation at another abattoir in Indiana that also uses this process was launched to evaluate ...
BackgroundIn October 2007, a cluster of patients experiencing a novel polyradiculoneuropathy was identified at a pork abattoir (Plant A). Patients worked in the primary carcass processing area (warm room); the majority processed severed heads (head-table). An investigation was initiated to determine risk factors for illness.Methods and ResultsSymptoms of the reported patients ...
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Five cases of bovine tuberculosis occurred in a two year period in South Australia, which represents a higher incidence than in previous years. All five patients had a history of employment in an abattoir (although four different abattoirs were involved) and four of the cases had pulmonary or pleural TB. A voluntary survey of one of the ...
This study estimated the frequency of exposure of meat workers to carcasses infected with Leptospira serovars Hardjobovis or Pomona in a sheep-only abattoir in New Zealand. A stochastic spreadsheet model was developed to assess the daily risk of exposure of eviscerators, meat inspectors and offal handlers to live leptospires in sheep carcasses from May to ...
Objective: workers in slaughterhouses and processing plants that handle pigs, and pork butchers/meatcutters have been little studied for health risks associated with employment, in spite of the fact that they are potentially exposed to oncogenic and non-oncogenic transmissible agents and chemical carcinogens at work. We report here on an update of ...
ABSTRACT Toxoplasma gondi, Leptospira spp., and Brucella abortus are all established parasitic and bacterial zoonoses that manifest themselves in several forms of human diseases. They have been associated with occupational exposures, particularly amongst workers associated with livestock farms. The primary objectives of this study were to determine the seroprevalence of T. ...
The aim of the present study was to model apparent serum half-lives of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with 7�10 bromine substituents. Workers with occupational exposure to PBDEs have elevated serum levels of PBDEs, but these substances are also found in the general population and are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. The calculations were based on exposure ...
Twenty-four patients, all of whom were exposed to aerosolized porcine brain tissue through work-place environment (abattoir), developed a syndrome of immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy; three also had central nervous system manifestations (transverse myelitis, meningoencephalitis, and aseptic meningitis). Patients had characteristic ...
The magnitude of the risk of acquiring infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, as a consequence of prolonged contact with such bacteria, is unclear. We compared antibiotic resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolated from the urine of bacteriuric female abattoir workers with resistance patterns of E. coli cultured from 190 poultry taken from ...
A group of 211 workers exposed to oils and coolants at automaton machining underwent dermatological examinations and a detailed anamnesis. The oil acne was found in 68% of the workers. PMID:6240585
This document describes the design and execution of an epidemiological study of the mortality of workers occupationally exposed to ionising radiation. Because the number of effects attributable to radiation in any group of workers is expected to be an ext...
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Coagulase positive staphylococci isolated at an Australian abattoir, from beef carcasses, hands, and environmental samples, were typed by the DNA macrorestriction patterns obtained following PFGE of SmaI digests. The predominant PFGE pattern of isolates collected before evisceration was different from the dominant pattern of isolates collected after evisceration. PFGE patterns ...
