Consumption of poorly prepared food has been identified as a factor in a fatal Guillain-Barré outbreak in Guatemala.
Findings come from the results of case control studies announced by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) and the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security (IGSS).
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is
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Campylobacter infection and related illness is associated with a substantial economic burden in Germany, according to a study.
Researchers analyzed the use of health care and direct and indirect costs of Campylobacter and care-intensive long-lasting health issues of patients from health insurance data with 26 million members in Germany.
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A man affected by Guillain-Barré syndrome potentially after suffering food poisoning is raising awareness of the impact brain injuries can have.
William Marsh, from Glamorgan in Wales, had symptoms including stomach cramps and diarrhea at the end of a week-long all-inclusive stay at the Riu Naiboa resort in the Dominican
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Researchers in China have reported the first identified outbreak caused by a local Campylobacter jejuni infection in Beijing.
A total of 14 patients were sick who worked at the same factory. They had shared a common meal supplied from a meal delivery company. The outbreak was not related to the
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Unpasteurized, “raw” milk from the Martin Yoder Farm should be immediately discarded because it is contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni bacteria. New York officials have prohibited the farm from selling raw milk until further notice.
The farm immediately stopped selling the unpasteurized milk on Sept. 13 when state officials notified the
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Public health officials have known for some time that Guillain-Barre Syndrome could be triggered by the foodborne Campylobacter jejuni, but a research team at Michigan State University only recently discovered how the pathogen commonly found in undercooked chicken leads to the paralyzing neuromuscular disorder.
Funded by the federal government’s National
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As I’ve said for the last few weeks, shortly after I resolved the 1996 Odwalla E. coli O157:H7 outbreak cases on behalf of five kids that suffered from Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), and long before Google became synonymous with searching on the Internet, we had compiled more information about that
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In any other year, just about the scariest public health warning for the people of the Sonoran Desert is the annual talk about how to avoid those really painful scorpion stings.
This year, however, folks who share the border between Yuma County, AZ and San Luis Rio Colorado in Sonara
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Health authorities in Wyoming and Yuma County, AZ are reporting sharp increases in the number of Campylobacter infections and, in the case of Yuma County, possibly related increases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).
Campylobacteriosis is a common diarrheal infection that is caused by ingesting fecal bacteria, often from contaminated food or
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