Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000

Background: Foodborne diseases are becoming an important cause of morbidity in Chile. In the Metropolitan Region of Chile, the Environmental Health Service started a surveillance program for foodborne diseases in 1994. In 2000, this program was complemented with an etiologic study of individuals inv...

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Autores principales:	Prado J,Valeria, Solari G,Verónica, Alvarez A,Isabel M, Arellano C,Carolina, Vidal A,Roberto, Carreño C,Mónica, Mamani M,Nora, Fuentes R,David, ORyan G,Miguel, Muñoz F,Víctor
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2002
Materias:	Food contamination Food handling Salmonella spp Shigella spp Staphylococcus aureus
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720020005000032002-08-22Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000Prado J,ValeriaSolari G,VerónicaAlvarez A,Isabel MArellano C,CarolinaVidal A,RobertoCarreño C,MónicaMamani M,NoraFuentes R,DavidORyan G,MiguelMuñoz F,Víctor Food contamination Food handling Salmonella spp Shigella spp Staphylococcus aureus Background: Foodborne diseases are becoming an important cause of morbidity in Chile. In the Metropolitan Region of Chile, the Environmental Health Service started a surveillance program for foodborne diseases in 1994. In 2000, this program was complemented with an etiologic study of individuals involved in outbreaks. Aim: To report the incidence of foodborne outbreaks in the Metropolitan Region of Chile and its causative agents. Results: One hundred ninety outbreaks of foodborne diseases were reported in 1999 and 260 in 2000. The Southern Metropolitan health service had the higher incidence rates (7.5 in 1999 and 8.2 in 2000). The mean attack rates were 25% in both periods, affecting 1248 individuals in 1999 and 1774 in 2000. In 18% of outbreaks, a pathogen was identified; the most frequent agents were Salmonella Spp, Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella. In 15% of subjects, the cause was histamine or chemical agents. In the rest of the cases, the cause was not identified. The foods with higher risk of causing foodborne diseases were hot prepared dishes, home made goat cheese and meats. Conclusions: The incidence rates of foodborne disease in Metropolitan Area of Chile are high and maybe underestimate, only in a low rate of outbreaks was possible to have samples for etiologic studies. For a better understanding of this problem, timely notification of foodborne diseases must be encouraged and educational campaigns about the proper manipulation of food items must be implemented (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 495-501)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.130 n.5 20022002-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002000500003es10.4067/S0034-98872002000500003
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Food contamination Food handling Salmonella spp Shigella spp Staphylococcus aureus
spellingShingle	Food contamination Food handling Salmonella spp Shigella spp Staphylococcus aureus Prado J,Valeria Solari G,Verónica Alvarez A,Isabel M Arellano C,Carolina Vidal A,Roberto Carreño C,Mónica Mamani M,Nora Fuentes R,David ORyan G,Miguel Muñoz F,Víctor Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000
description	Background: Foodborne diseases are becoming an important cause of morbidity in Chile. In the Metropolitan Region of Chile, the Environmental Health Service started a surveillance program for foodborne diseases in 1994. In 2000, this program was complemented with an etiologic study of individuals involved in outbreaks. Aim: To report the incidence of foodborne outbreaks in the Metropolitan Region of Chile and its causative agents. Results: One hundred ninety outbreaks of foodborne diseases were reported in 1999 and 260 in 2000. The Southern Metropolitan health service had the higher incidence rates (7.5 in 1999 and 8.2 in 2000). The mean attack rates were 25% in both periods, affecting 1248 individuals in 1999 and 1774 in 2000. In 18% of outbreaks, a pathogen was identified; the most frequent agents were Salmonella Spp, Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella. In 15% of subjects, the cause was histamine or chemical agents. In the rest of the cases, the cause was not identified. The foods with higher risk of causing foodborne diseases were hot prepared dishes, home made goat cheese and meats. Conclusions: The incidence rates of foodborne disease in Metropolitan Area of Chile are high and maybe underestimate, only in a low rate of outbreaks was possible to have samples for etiologic studies. For a better understanding of this problem, timely notification of foodborne diseases must be encouraged and educational campaigns about the proper manipulation of food items must be implemented (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 495-501)
author	Prado J,Valeria Solari G,Verónica Alvarez A,Isabel M Arellano C,Carolina Vidal A,Roberto Carreño C,Mónica Mamani M,Nora Fuentes R,David ORyan G,Miguel Muñoz F,Víctor
author_facet	Prado J,Valeria Solari G,Verónica Alvarez A,Isabel M Arellano C,Carolina Vidal A,Roberto Carreño C,Mónica Mamani M,Nora Fuentes R,David ORyan G,Miguel Muñoz F,Víctor
author_sort	Prado J,Valeria
title	Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000
title_short	Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000
title_full	Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000
title_fullStr	Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000
title_full_unstemmed	Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000
title_sort	situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en santiago de chile: período 1999-2000
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2002
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002000500003
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Situación epidemiológica de las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en Santiago de Chile: Período 1999-2000

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