Update: July 2, 2009
July 2nd, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 30 to July 2, 2009
Update: June 30, 2009
June 30th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 28 to June 30, 2009
Update: June 28, 2009
June 28th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 26 to June 28, 2009
Shigellosis in Denmark and Norway
June 26th, 2009A recent outbreak related to imported snow peas belies the fact that shigellosis rates in Denmark and Norway have remained consistently low for more than two decades.
Update: reported in ProMED
Viral Gastroenteritis in Italy
June 26th, 2009A recent episode in Brescia is the latest of several outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis in Italy. The following background information is abstracted from GIDEON:
Primary references are available on request.
Prevalence surveys:
Adenoviruses account for 7% of pediatric hospitalizations in Rome for diarrhea, Rotavirus 18.2%, Astrovirus 1% (1987 to 1989)
Adenoviruses account for 17.6% of pediatric hospitalizations in Rome for diarrhea, Rotavirus 26.7%, non-polio Enteroviruses 8.5%, Coronaviruses 1.8%, Parvoviruses 0.9% (1985 publication)
Adenoviruses account for 6% of pediatric hospitalizations in Sicily for diarrhea, Rotavirus 25.1%, Astrovirus 7%, Norovirus 18.6% (2003)
Adenoviruses are found in 6.2% of pediatric patients with acute diarrhea (2005)
Noroviruses account for 10.4% of hospitalized pediatric gastroenteritis cases in northern Italy (2002)
Noroviruses were the most frequently involved viruses (23.7%) in sporadic acute diarrhea among hospitalized children and were more common in children >5 years (37%) than in children <5 years (10%). The frequency of Rotavirus, enteric Adenovirus and Astrovirus was 12.2%, 1.6% and 2.4%, respectively. (Brescia, 2007 publication)
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Update: June 26, 2009
June 26th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 25 to June 26, 2009
Update: June 25, 2009
June 25th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 23 to June 25, 2009
Onions and Outbreaks
June 23rd, 2009A recent episode of E. coli infection in Ontario belies the fact that onions are only rarely implicated in food-related disease outbreaks. As of June 2009, 8,471 infectious diseases outbreaks have been included in GIDEON. Onions were involved in only seven (0.08%) of these:
1983 – United States – Botulism – 28 – sauteed onions
1996 to 1997 – United States – Hepatitis A – 90 – green onions
1997 – United States – Cryptosporidiosis – 54 – green onions
1998 – United States – Hepatitis A – 43 – green onions
2003 – United States – Hepatitis A – 170 – green onions
2005 – Russia – Yersinia pseudotuberculosis – 33 – cabbage and onion salads.
2006 – United States – E. coli O157 – 99 – either green onions or shredded lettuce
Update: June 23, 2009
June 23rd, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 20 to June 23, 2009
Update: June 20, 2009
June 20th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 19 to June 20, 2009
Update: June 19, 2009
June 19th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 18 to June 19, 2009
Update: June 18, 2009
June 18th, 2009
GIDEON what's new: June 16 to June 18, 2009
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