Published Date: 2002-04-16 23:50:00
Subject: PRO> Hepatitis A, blueberries - New Zealand (02)
Archive Number: 20020416.3969
HEPATITIS A, BLUEBERRIES - NEW ZEALAND (02)
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See Also
Hepatitis A, blueberries - New Zealand 20020414.39541998
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Hepatitis A, food-borne - USA (Maryland) 19980924.1912
Hepatitis A, food-borne - USA (Maryland) (04) 19981011.2006
1997
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Hepatitis A, deli food - USA (Michigan) 19970926.2026
Hepatitis A, strawberries - former Czechoslovakia 19970407.0731
Hepatitis A, strawberries - USA 19970402.0689
Hepatitis A, strawberries - USA (06) 19970414.0793
Hepatitis A - Australia (New South Wales) 19970221.0417
Hepatitis A - USA (California) 19970224.0435
Hepatitis A - USA (California) (08) 19970310.0537
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Date: Sun 14 Apr 2002
From: Dr. S. Berger <mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
Source: The GIDEON Database [edited
<http://www.GideonOnline.com>
Background Data on Hepatitis A In New Zealand
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Year/Cases reported
1989/134
1992/289
1995/339
1996/308
1997/349
1998/145 (including 6 outbreaks with a total of 31 patients)
1999/119 (including 5 outbreaks with a total of 34 patients, one of
these being an outbreak of 14 cases in the Auckland immigrant
community)
2000/108 (17 hospitalized).
Disease rates per 100 000: 4.0 in 1998; 3.3 in 1999.
27.9 percent of adults in Christchurch are seropositive.
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Steve Berger
Department of Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
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Date:Tue 16 Apr 2002
From: Padmanabhan Badrinath <badrishanthi@hotmail.com>
Relevant Reviews
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The following two reviews may be relevant with regard to the posting
on Hepatitis A due to blueberries in New Zealand:
Richards GP. Enteric virus contamination of foods through industrial
practices: a primer on intervention strategies. Ind Microbiol
Biotechnol 2001 Aug;27(2):117-25; and,
Appleton H. Control of food-borne viruses. Br Med Bull
2000;56(1):172-83.
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Dr.P.Badrinath M.D,M.Phil,(Epid)PhD(Cantab)DFPHM(UK),MPH(Distinc)
Clinical Assistant Professor & Hon Consultant in Preventive Medicine
Department of Community Medicine
UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates
<badrishanthi@hotmail.com>
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[3
Date: Tue 16 Apr 2002
From: John Kurtz <jkurtz@doctors.org.uk>
Economics of Soft Fruit Picking
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Soft fruit pickers are paid by the weight of fruit picked. It is,
apparently, a not uncommon practice for them to increase the weight by
urinating into the container. This could well explain the source of
this New Zealand outbreak, as it did a famous raspberry-associated
outbreak following a medical function in London some 20 years ago.
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John Kurtz
Locum Consultant Virologist
Bristol Public Health Laboratory
UK
<jkurtz@doctors.org.uk>
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