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Fresh Chicken As Main Risk Factor for Campylobacteriosis, Denmark

Overview
Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2006 Feb 24
PMID 16494755
Citations 56
Authors
Anne Wingstrand
Jakob Neimann
Jorgen Engberg
Eva Moller Nielsen
Peter Gerner-Smidt
Henrik C Wegener
Kare Molbak
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Abstract

We report the findings of a case-control study of risk factors for sporadic cases of human campylobacteriosis in Denmark. In 3 different analytical models, the main domestic risk factor identified was eating fresh, unfrozen chicken. Specifically, 28 of 74 domestically acquired case-patients were exposed to fresh chicken compared with 21 of 114 controls (multivariate matched odds ratio 5.8; 95% confidence interval 2.1-15.9). In contrast, a risk from eating other poultry, including previously frozen chicken, was only indicated from borderline significant 2-factor interactions. The marked increase in consumption of fresh, unfrozen poultry in Denmark during the 1990s likely contributed substantially to the increasing incidence of human campylobacteriosis in this period.

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