Paralytic shellfish poisoning: a potential public health problem

2001 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Lehane
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning ◽  
Shellfish Poisoning ◽  
Paralytic Shellfish ◽  
Potential Public Health

scholarly journals Prominent Human Health Impacts from Several Marine Microbes: History, Ecology, and Public Health Implications

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Bienfang ◽  
S. V. DeFelice ◽  
E. A. Laws ◽  
L. E. Brand ◽  
R. R. Bidigare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Marine Cyanobacteria ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Shellfish Poisoning ◽  
Marine Microbes ◽  
Fish Poisoning ◽  
Paralytic Shellfish ◽  
High Concentrations

This paper overviews several examples of important public health impacts by marine microbes and directs readers to the extensive literature germane to these maladies. These examples include three types of dinoflagellates (Gambierdiscusspp.,Karenia brevis, andAlexandrium fundyense), BMAA-producing cyanobacteria, and infectious microbes. The dinoflagellates are responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning, respectively, that have plagued coastal populations over time. Research interest on the potential for marine cyanobacteria to contribute BMAA into human food supplies has been derived by BMAA's discovery in cycad seeds and subsequent implication as the putative cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism dementia complex among the Chamorro people of Guam. Recent UPLC/MS analyses indicate that recent reports that BMAA is prolifically distributed among marine cyanobacteria at high concentrations may be due to analyte misidentification in the analytical protocols being applied for BMAA. Common infectious microbes (including enterovirus, norovirus,Salmonella,Campylobacter,Shigella,Staphylococcus aureus,Cryptosporidium, andGiardia) cause gastrointestinal and skin-related illness. These microbes can be introduced from external human and animal sources, or they can be indigenous to the marine environment.

scholarly journals CutaneousCorynebacterium Diphtheriae: A Traveller’s Disease?

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Berih
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Corynebacterium Diphtheriae ◽  
Skin Ulcer ◽  
Toxigenic Strain ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Potential Public Health ◽  
Close Contacts

A Canadian soldier incurred a nonhealing traumatic skin ulcer while on duty in Somalia. The diagnosis of localized cutaneous diphtheria was confirmed by isolation of a toxigenic strain ofCorynebacterium diphtheriaefrom the ulcer. The patient was placed in isolation and treated with erythromycin and penicillin for 10 days without antitoxin. He was released when two consecutive daily cultures were negative. Public health officials evaluated his wife, two children and close contacts for carriage, but no carriers or secondary cases were identified. Cutaneous diphtheria as a diagnostic and management patient problem and potential public health problem are discussed.

LISTERIOSIS: A POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

1958 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 624-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Winn ◽  
William B. Cherry ◽  
Elizabeth O. King
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Potential Public Health

scholarly journals Chronic Respiratory Infections by Mucoid Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains, a New Potential Public Health Problem

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 2285-2286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Juan ◽  
Olivia Gutiérrez ◽  
Feliu Renom ◽  
Margarita Garau ◽  
Sebastián Albertí ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Potential Public Health

Kindesmisshandlung und deren Langzeitfolgen – Analyse einer repräsentativen deutschen Stichprobe

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Witt ◽  
Rebecca Brown ◽  
Paul L. Plener ◽  
Elmar Brähler ◽  
Jörg M. Fegert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Nachhaltige Entwicklung

Zusammenfassung. Kindesmisshandlung stellt einen bedeutenden Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung dar. Einzelne Formen von Kindesmisshandlung treten häufig nicht isoliert auf, sondern das gemeinsame Auftreten verschiedener Formen von Kindesmisshandlung stellt eher die Regel als die Ausnahme dar. Neben den langfristigen und vielfältigen individuellen Folgen führt Kindesmisshandlung jährlich zu einer hohen gesamtgesellschaftlichen Belastung. Die WHO hat Kindesmisshandlung als großes Public Health Problem identifiziert und die Vereinten Nationen haben den Kampf gegen Kindesmisshandlung zum Ziel in ihrer Agenda für nachhaltige Entwicklung gemacht. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Häufigkeit sowie das gemeinsame Auftreten unterschiedlicher Formen von Kindesmisshandlung sowie deren Assoziation mit psychischen und somatischen Folgen auf Basis einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Stichprobe untersucht und dargestellt. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen den Zusammenhang zwischen der Kumulation verschiedener Formen von Misshandlung und negativen Folgen für die Betroffenen. So ist das Risiko für negative Konsequenzen beim Erleben von vier oder mehr Formen von Misshandlung um das bis zu 10-fache erhöht. Viel zu selten werden die kumulativen Effekte von mehreren Belastungen berücksichtigt. Gerade weil die Wirkweisen über die Misshandlung, die Gesundheit beeinflusst, zunehmend gut untersucht sind, muss dieses Wissen im Gesundheitswesen stärker bei der Konzeption von Präventions- und Interventionsmaßnahmen berücksichtigt werden.

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