Control of Raw Pork Liver Sausage Production Can Reduce the Prevalence of HEV Infection.

epidemiology food chain control hepatitis E one health public health raw liver sausage

Journal

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2076-0817
Titre abrégé: Pathogens
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101596317

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Jan 2021
Historique:
received: 27 12 2020
revised: 15 01 2021
accepted: 20 01 2021
entrez: 27 1 2021
pubmed: 28 1 2021
medline: 28 1 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

After an acute hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Southern Switzerland, in January 2017 the local public health authorities started an active program of food chain control and public education. In this retrospective study, we analysed all laboratory-confirmed acute cases of HEV infection diagnosed between 2014 and 2020. In the period before the public health intervention, the number of cases increased steadily from 2014 (4 of 40 tests, 10%) reaching a peak in the last quarter of 2016 (42 of 285 tests, 14.7 %). Afterwards, the number of positive cases decreased steadily, reaching its lowest value (0.3%) in the second quarter of 2019. There was a statistically significant difference between the frequency of positive cases and period of testing, i.e., before and after the introduction of the public health interventions. Our study shows that active public health measures to control sausages containing raw pork liver can reduce the prevalence of HEV infection.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33498993
pii: pathogens10020107
doi: 10.3390/pathogens10020107
pmc: PMC7911891
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Baasch-Medicus Stiftung
ID : 2018

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Auteurs

Paolo Ripellino (P)

Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.

Enea Pianezzi (E)

Laboratory of Microbiology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Gladys Martinetti (G)

Laboratory of Microbiology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Cinzia Zehnder (C)

Synlab Ticino, 6934 Bioggio, Switzerland.

Barbara Mathis (B)

Unilabs Ticino, 6932 Breganzona, Switzerland.

Petra Giannini (P)

Cantonal Food Control Authority, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Nicola Forrer (N)

Cantonal Food Control Authority, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Giorgio Merlani (G)

Cantonal Service for Health, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Harry R Dalton (HR)

University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Orlando Petrini (O)

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3LJ, UK.

Florian Bihl (F)

San Giovanni Hospital, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.

Stefano Fontana (S)

Blood Transfusion Service CRS Southern Switzerland, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.

Claudio Gobbi (C)

Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.

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