Risk factors for campylobacter infection in infants and young children: a matched case-control study
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Campylobacter infection has one of the highest rates of all the notifiable diseases in Australia, with a peak in children aged 0–35 months. A matched case-control study was conducted to investigate risk factors for campylobacter infection for children in this age group. Eighty-one cases and 144 controls were enrolled in the study that was conducted between 24 January 1996 and 21 January 1997. The following risk factors were found to be independently associated with illness: ownership of pet puppies (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 16·58, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3·73–73·65) and pet chickens (OR 11·80, CI 1·37–101·75), and consumption of mayonnaise (OR 4·13, CI 1·61–10·59). We propose that children aged less than 3 years are at risk of campylobacter infection if residing in a household which has puppies or chickens as pets.
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Juvenile dogs and cats are more likely to shed Campylobacter species than mature counterparts, and recent acquisition of a puppy or kitten is associated with the highest risk of transmission.
“Juvenile dogs and cats are more likely to shed Campylobacter species than their mature counterparts, and recent acquisition of a puppy or kitten is associated with the highest risk of transmission. 9,18”
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The Multivariate analysis of risk factors reports that puppy ownership was independently associated with Campylobacter illness in children under three; the Discussion also reports Campylobacter carriage in dogs and puppies. The paper does not establish that juvenile dogs or cats shed more than mature animals, or that recent acquisition of a puppy or kitten carries the highest transmission risk. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- TENKATE, T. D., & STAFFORD, R. J.
- Affiliations
- Queensland Health (AU)
- Venue
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2001-12
- Volume
- 127
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 399-404
- ISSN
- 0950-2688 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-4409
- PMC
- PMC2869763
- OpenAlex
- W2153507874
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 5.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Epidemiology and Infection (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Queensland Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Safety and Hygiene
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Keywords
- campylobacteriosis, infants and young children, risk factors, household pets, zoonotic transmission, food poisoning
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animals, Domestic, Campylobacter Infections, Chickens, Child, Preschool, Diet, Dogs, Female, Hand Disinfection, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Queensland, Risk Factors, Travel, Logistic Models, Case-Control Studies
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