Document 0032
 DOCN  M9650032
 TI    The changing epidemiology of foodborne diseases.
 DT    9605
 AU    Altekruse SF; Swerdlow DL; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
       30333, USA.
 SO    Am J Med Sci. 1996 Jan;311(1):23-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96164688
 AB    The epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States have changed
       in recent decades as new pathogens have emerged, the food supply has
       changed, and the number of people with heightened susceptibility to
       foodborne diseases has increased. Emerging pathogens are those that have
       recently increased or are likely to increase within 2 decades. Emergency
       is often the consequence of changes in some aspect of the social
       environment. The global economy, for example, has facilitated the rapid
       transport of perishable foods, increasing the potential for exposure to
       foodborne pathogens from other parts of the world. Other factors
       altering foodborne disease patterns are the types of food that people
       eat, the sources of those foods, and the possible decline in public
       awareness of safe food preparation practices. Aging, extension of life
       expectancy for the chronically ill through medical technology, and the
       AIDS epidemic have increased the public health impact of foodborne
       diseases because they increase the proportion of the population
       susceptible to severe illness after infection with a foodborne pathogen.
       The evolving epidemiology of foodborne diseases must be monitored and
       understood to implement appropriate prevention technologies.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Bacterial
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Centers for
       Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  *Disease Outbreaks/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL  Disease Susceptibility  *Food Microbiology  Food Parasitology
       Food Poisoning/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Human  Parasitic
       Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY  Public Health  Travel  United
       States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Virus Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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