Risk factors associated with the typhoid outbreak in Westmoreland, Jamaica in 1990 - abstract
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;40(Suppl. 2): 93, July 1991.
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ABSTRACT
The first wave of the typhoid epidemic started in July 1990, followed by a second wave in September 1990. One hundred and forty-five cases in the latter were studied to determine the risk factors associated with transmission of the Salmonella typhi in the three affected areas in Westmoreland. This was a case control study in which 145 cases were compared with 154 matched controls. The same questionnaire was administered to both groups. The mean age of the cases was similar to that of the controls (13.1 ñ 9.1 SD vs 13.2 ñ 7.9 SD). Sex distribution of the cases and controls was also similar (females 44.8 percent vs 46.8 percent; males 55.2 percent vs 53.2 percent). More than half of the cases (58.6 percent) and controls (64.9 percent were students). The purchase of two or more food items from vendors (odds ratio 2.5), piped water into the home (odds ratio 2.4), preparing food for the household (odds ratio 2.4) and the eating of ice-cream (odds ratio 2.2) were all associated with risk of typhoid fever. The results of the case control study were consistent with the possible spread of typhoid through the purchase of food items or ice-cream from vendors or through the piped water system but none of these associations could be established as causative factors on the basis of the case control study alone. Public health measures including health education were directed at controlling all possible modes of transmission of the typhoid epidemic (AU)
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Febre Tifoide
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Fatores de Risco
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
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En
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West Indian med. j
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1991
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