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Document 0032
DOCN M9650032
TI The changing epidemiology of foodborne diseases.
DT 9605
AU Altekruse SF; Swerdlow DL; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
30333, USA.
SO Am J Med Sci. 1996 Jan;311(1):23-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96164688
AB The epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States have changed
in recent decades as new pathogens have emerged, the food supply has
changed, and the number of people with heightened susceptibility to
foodborne diseases has increased. Emerging pathogens are those that have
recently increased or are likely to increase within 2 decades. Emergency
is often the consequence of changes in some aspect of the social
environment. The global economy, for example, has facilitated the rapid
transport of perishable foods, increasing the potential for exposure to
foodborne pathogens from other parts of the world. Other factors
altering foodborne disease patterns are the types of food that people
eat, the sources of those foods, and the possible decline in public
awareness of safe food preparation practices. Aging, extension of life
expectancy for the chronically ill through medical technology, and the
AIDS epidemic have increased the public health impact of foodborne
diseases because they increase the proportion of the population
susceptible to severe illness after infection with a foodborne pathogen.
The evolving epidemiology of foodborne diseases must be monitored and
understood to implement appropriate prevention technologies.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY Bacterial
Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) *Disease Outbreaks/PREVENTION &
CONTROL Disease Susceptibility *Food Microbiology Food Parasitology
Food Poisoning/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL Human Parasitic
Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY Public Health Travel United
States/EPIDEMIOLOGY Virus Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY JOURNAL
ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).