Journal article
Risk Factors for Campylobacteriosis in Two Washington State Counties with High Numbers of Dairy Farms
Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.51(12), pp.3921-3927
12/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105648
PMCID: PMC3838072
PMID: 24025908
Abstract
Campylobacteriosis is a frequently reported, food-borne, human bacterial disease that can be associated with ruminant reservoirs, although public health messages primarily focus on poultry. In Washington State, the two counties with the highest concentrations of dairy cattle also report the highest incidences of campylobacteriosis. Conditional logistic regression analysis of case-control data from both counties found living or working on a dairy farm (odds ratio [OR], 6.7 [95% confidence interval [CI], 1.7 to 26.4]) and Hispanic ethnicity (OR, 6.4 [95% CI, 3.1 to 13.1]) to have the strongest significant positive associations with campylobacteriosis. When the analysis was restricted to residents of one county, Hispanic ethnicity (OR, 9.3 [95% CI, 3.9 to 22.2]), contact with cattle (OR, 5.0 [95% CI, 1.3 to 19.5]), and pet ownership (OR, 2.6 [95% CI, 1.1 to 6.3]) were found to be independent risk factors for disease.
Campylobacter jejuni
isolates from human (
n
= 65), bovine (
n
= 28), and retail poultry (
n
= 27) sources from the same counties were compared using multilocus sequence typing. These results indicated that sequence types commonly found in human isolates were also commonly found in bovine isolates. These findings suggest that, in areas with high concentrations of dairy cattle, exposure to dairy cattle may be more important than food-borne exposure to poultry products as a risk for campylobacteriosis.
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- Title
- Risk Factors for Campylobacteriosis in Two Washington State Counties with High Numbers of Dairy Farms
- Creators
- Margaret A Davis - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USADanna L Moore - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USAKatherine N. K Baker - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USANigel P French - Massey University, Palmerston North, New ZealandMarianne Patnode - Yakima Health District, Union Gap, Washington, USAJoni Hensley - Whatcom County Health Department, Bellingham, Washington, USAKathryn MacDonald - Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USAThomas E Besser - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.51(12), pp.3921-3927
- Academic Unit
- School of Economic Sciences ; Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology; 1752 N St., N.W., Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 7
- Identifiers
- 99900546502801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article