Urgent advice on the public health risk of Shiga-toxin producingEscherichia coliin fresh vegetables

At a time of the global health pandemic, the most affected areas are economy and social life. Along with the practical limitations of travel, regarding personal security reasons and the objective risks for the environment, the world of tourism has changed. However, under the circumstances, some small accommodation units have managed to survive, like the Seamen between Scylla and Charybdis – the mythical situation. The purpose of this chapter is to delve into the public health risk environment for Bulgarian SMEs in tourism (guest houses and family hotels) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The extent of the analysis includes hotels and guest houses in the south-western part of Bulgaria that managed to keep operating despite the global pandemic situation.

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Assessing public health risk factors for internally displaced households in North Darfur, Sudan

Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/dpm-04-2019-0105 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Elfadil Mohammed Mahmoud ◽

Indraijt Pal ◽

Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Health Risk ◽

Vulnerable Groups ◽

Health Risk Factors ◽

Public Health Risk ◽

Content Type ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Household Level ◽

The Public

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the public health risk factors of internally displaced households and suggest appropriate measures and strategies for health risk reduction in the context of IDPs.Design/methodology/approachThe composite Index (CI) method was used to compare the public health risk factors at the household level in three IDP camps. A set of 22 indicators were studied in 326 households. Households were selected by using a two-stage cluster sampling technique.FindingsThe findings indicate that the Shangil Tobaya camp is at the highest risk for communicable diseases (63.6%) followed by Zamzam (52.4%) and Abu Shouk (42.7%) at the household level. Eight indicators appeared to have made differential impacts between Abu Shouk and Shangil Tobaya, these include: level of education, walking time to health facilities, water source, latrines type, safe disposal of child feces, frequency of visit by pregnant women to antenatal care services, place of delivery and women delivering their children with the help of skilled birth attendants.Research limitations/implicationsSince the selection criteria of the camps were predefined; there are variations in the number of samples between the camps. Therefore, the generalizability may be compromised.Social implicationsIncreased access to healthcare services particularly reproductive health services to the most vulnerable groups (women). Community involvement in services management to promote ownership.Originality/valueThe methods used in this study is original and flexible and can be replicated for other emergency areas and risks.

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Sheep May Not Be an Important Zoonotic Reservoir for Cryptosporidium and Giardia Parasites

Applied and Environmental Microbiology ◽

10.1128/aem.71.9.4992-4997.2005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 71 (9) ◽

pp. 4992-4997 ◽

Cited By ~ 142

Author(s):

Una M. Ryan ◽

Caroline Bath ◽

Ian Robertson ◽

Carolyn Read ◽

Aileen Elliot ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Risk ◽

Western Australia ◽

Cryptosporidium Hominis ◽

Fecal Samples ◽

Public Health Risk ◽

The Public ◽

Catchment Areas

ABSTRACT Little is known of the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia parasites in sheep and the genotypes that they harbor, although potentially sheep may contribute significantly to contamination of watersheds. In the present study, conducted in Western Australia, a total of 1,647 sheep fecal samples were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. using microscopy, and a subset (n = 500) were screened by PCR and genotyped. Analysis revealed that although both parasites were detected in a high proportion of samples by PCR (44% and 26% for Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp., respectively), with the exception of one Cryptosporidium hominis isolate, the majority of isolates genotyped are not commonly found in humans. These results suggest that the public health risk of sheep-derived Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. in catchment areas and effluent may be overestimated and warrant further investigation.

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Public health risk of O157 and Non-O157 Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli strains in a semi-urban environment in Nigeria

African Journal of Microbiology Research ◽

10.5897/ajmr11.802 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (31) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yakubu Bitrus

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Escherichia Coli ◽

Health Risk ◽

Urban Environment ◽

Shiga Toxin ◽

Public Health Risk

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Hazardous Waste: Evolution of a National Environmental Problem

Journal of Policy History ◽

10.1353/jph.2004.0024 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 306-331 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Travis Wagner

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Risk ◽

Hazardous Waste ◽

Environmental Problem ◽

Public Health Risk ◽

The Public ◽

National Environmental

The evolution of hazardous waste into a national environmental problem is a puzzling phenomenon. The public and media perceive hazardous waste to be a major environmental and public health risk. Yet, although the problem of hazardous waste and its resultant contamination has long been known, no one took it seriously until about 1978. An interesting question is, Why did the public and media ignore hazardous waste for so long, particularly during a period of unprecedented public and media interest in the environment, especially pollution, in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s?

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