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ReviewFoodborne pathogens and disease2011

The occurrence and prevention of foodborne disease in vulnerable people.

Barbara M Lund, Sarah J O'Brien

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In one paragraph

Review in Foodborne pathogens and disease, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02719626 (Improving The Safety And Nutritional Adequacy Of The Home Food Supply Of Elderly Recipients Of Home Delivered Meals), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02719626 completednot on this map

Improving The Safety And Nutritional Adequacy Of The Home Food Supply Of Elderly Recipients Of Home Delivered Meals

TypeobservationalSponsorRutgers, The State University of New JerseyRan2011 to 2013Enrolled740ConditionsFood Safety, Nutritive Value, Homebound Persons, Frail Elderly
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Barbara M LundInstitute of Food Research, Norwich, UK. barbara.lund@bbsrc.ac.uk
Sarah J O'Brien
Quadram Institute · GBUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In developed countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, between 15% and 20% of the population show greater susceptibility than the general population to foodborne disease. This proportion includes people with primary immunodeficiency, patients treated with radiation or with immunosuppressive drugs for cancer and diseases of the immune system, those with acquired immune-deficiency syndrome and diabetics, people suffering from liver or kidney disease or with excessive iron in the blood, pregnant women, infants, and the elderly. Malnutrition and use of antacids, particularly proton-pump inhibitors, also increase susceptibility. We review the occurrence of infection by foodborne pathogens in these groups of people and measures to prevent infection. The nature and use of low microbial diets to reduce the risk of foodborne disease in immunocompromised patients are very variable. Diets for vulnerable people in care should exclude higher-risk foods, and vulnerable people in the community should receive clear advice about food safety, in particular avoidance of higher-risk foods and substitution of safer, nutritious foods.

Indexed as

Vulnerable PopulationsDisease SusceptibilityFemaleFoodborne DiseasesFood SafetyHumansInfection ControlMalePatient Education as TopicRisk FactorsWater Microbiology

Identifiers

PMID21561383
PMCPMC3159107
OpenAlexW2034041297

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