ABSTRACT
The epidemiological survey of the foci of campylobacteriosis confirmed the activity of the "milk" factor in the transmission of this enteric infection. The proliferation of Campylobacter in milk corresponded to the general regularities of the growth of bacterial population in the closed system. Most of the Campylobacter strains under study retained their viability in cooled boiled milk for a longer time.
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Campylobacter Infections/transmission , Campylobacter coli , Campylobacter jejuni , Milk/microbiology , Adult , Animals , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Campylobacter Infections/prevention & control , Campylobacter coli/growth & development , Campylobacter jejuni/growth & development , Culture Media , Food Handling , Food Preservation , Humans , Infant , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Data on some parameters of the epidemic process of campylobacteriosis in the Ukraine are presented. Campylobacteriosis patients were found to constitute 1.9 +/- 0.095% of all examined patients with acute enteric infections (AEI). No statistically significant difference in the proportion of campylobacteriosis among child and adult AEI patients was established. The proportion of sick persons at the period of the spring-summer rise in morbidity was 71.5%. A definite relationship between the epizootic and epidemic processes in campylobacteriosis was noted. In the Ukraine the predominant infective agent was Campylobacter jejuni belonging mainly to serotype Lio and biotype 1. Quite frequently campylobacteriosis was found to be accompanied by mixed infections.
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Campylobacter Infections/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Animals , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Campylobacter/classification , Campylobacter/isolation & purification , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Chickens/microbiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Meat/microbiology , Seasons , Serotyping , Ukraine/epidemiology , Urban Population/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
The data on the cytopathogenic activity of campylobacteria isolated from different sources are presented. 84.7 % of the isolated campylobacteria have been shown to possess cytopathogenicity with respect to Hep-2 cell cultures. The greatest number of highly cytopathogenic strains (52.6 %) has been registered among clinical isolates of campylobacteria. At the same time 44.1 % of highly cytopathogenic strains have been isolated from chickens, which is indicative of the potential danger of poultry as the source of Campylobacter infection. In the course of the epidemiological surveillance of campylobacteriosis the determination of cytopathogenically active Campylobacter strains is necessary.
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Campylobacter/pathogenicity , Animals , Campylobacter/isolation & purification , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Cattle , Cells, Cultured , Chickens/microbiology , Female , Humans , Sewage , Swine/microbiology , Time Factors , Water MicrobiologyABSTRACT
The results of the clinico-epidemiological study of campylobacteriosis in a concrete area (Kiev and the Kiev region) are presented. The proportion of campylobacteriosis cases was found to be 6.4% among patients hospitalized in connection with acute enteric infections. Hens were most frequently the source of human infection. Thus, at the local poultry farm the proportion of hens contaminated with bacteria of the genus Campylobacter was 44.8%. The possible routes of the spread of Campylobacter infection and the factors of its transmission were established. The most important element of the epidemiological marking of Campylobacter bacteria is the determination of their species and serotype.
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Campylobacter Infections/epidemiology , Adult , Animals , Animals, Domestic/microbiology , Campylobacter/isolation & purification , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Campylobacter Infections/transmission , Campylobacter Infections/veterinary , Child , Disease Reservoirs/statistics & numerical data , Disease Reservoirs/veterinary , Environmental Microbiology , Humans , Meat-Packing Industry , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Ukraine/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Antibioticograms of different campylobacteria strains have been analyzed. It is shown possible to develop a system of epidemiological marking on this basis. With this purpose sensitivity of campylobacteria to gentamycin, canamycin, carbenicyllin, tetracylin and erythromycin has been studied. No statistical difference in the average markers of resistance in the studied groups of strains was observed. This permitted supposing that R-plasmids in "human" strains may be isolated not only from the human intestine microflora, but also from other sources (animals, birds, environmental objects) as well. There are found common R-spectra in different groups of strains (Gm Kb Tc Er; Kb and Kb Tc), which confirms the same infection source. The study of antibioticograms of campylobacteria which circulate among people, animals, birds and environmental objects permits revealing regularities of epidemic process in case of campylobacteriosis.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Campylobacter coli/drug effects , Campylobacter jejuni/drug effects , Acute Disease , Adult , Animals , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Campylobacter coli/isolation & purification , Campylobacter jejuni/isolation & purification , Chickens/microbiology , Child , Drug Resistance, Microbial , Environmental Microbiology , Female , Humans , Intestinal Diseases/microbiology , Microbial Sensitivity TestsSubject(s)
Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Campylobacter Infections/epidemiology , Campylobacter/immunology , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Absenteeism , Animals , Campylobacter Infections/immunology , Humans , Meat-Packing Industry , Occupational Diseases/immunology , Poultry , Risk Factors , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Ukraine/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Composition of fatty acids of total lipids in home strains of campylobacteria has been studied. Lipids of all the strains of C. jejuni and C. coli mainly consist of saturated fatty acids (from 75.7 to 78.7%) with predominance of tetradecanoic and hexadecanoic fatty acids. The level of unsaturated fatty acids is considerably lower (from 21.0 to 22.5%); These acids are mainly presented by hexadecene acid. Qualitative composition of fatty acids of total lipids in C. jejuni and C. coli does not permit using it for differentiation within these species.
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Campylobacter/chemistry , Fatty Acids/analysis , Lipids/analysis , Animals , Campylobacter/isolation & purification , Campylobacter coli/chemistry , Campylobacter coli/isolation & purification , Campylobacter jejuni/chemistry , Campylobacter jejuni/isolation & purification , Chickens/microbiology , Chromatography, Gas/methods , Diarrhea/microbiology , HumansABSTRACT
Clinical course and epidemiological features of campylobacteriosis in Ukraine are described. The disease accounts for 11.2% of the total number of acute enteric infectious cases. Ratio of bacterial contamination of hens and their role in spread of campylobacteriosis have been established. Possible ways of transfer of the infection are discussed.
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Campylobacter Infections/epidemiology , Campylobacter jejuni , Adolescent , Adult , Animals , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Campylobacter Infections/transmission , Campylobacter jejuni/isolation & purification , Chickens/microbiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Disease Reservoirs , Humans , Infant , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Ukraine/epidemiologySubject(s)
Anthrax/prevention & control , Immunization , Health Planning , Humans , Immunization, Secondary , UkraineABSTRACT
The present study has revealed that persons working at offal and bone processing plants show no specific pathology, peculiar to such plants, in the state of their health and severe mass diseases among these persons are absent. Nevertheless, rather frequent occurrence of erysipeloid should be noted. The survey of workers employed at different stages of the production process has revealed the presence of ornithosis, listeriosis and leptospirosis infections. No clinically manifest cases of these diseases have been detected. The infection of individual workers occurs in the process of production as the result of contacts with infected raw materials of animal origin. For preventing the possible spread of infection great attention should be paid to sanitary, hygienic and epidemiological measures.