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ArticleInternational journal of hygiene and environmental health2018

Residential proximity to high-density poultry operations associated with campylobacteriosis and infectious diarrhea.

Melissa N Poulsen, Jonathan Pollak, Deborah L Sills, Joan A Casey, Sara G Rasmussen, Keeve E Nachman, Sara E Cosgrove, Dalton Stewart, Brian S Schwartz

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Article in International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Melissa N PoulsenDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Geisinger, Danville, PA, USA. Electronic address: mpoulsen@geisinger.edu.
Jonathan PollakDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Deborah L SillsDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA.
Joan A CaseyDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Sara G RasmussenDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Keeve E NachmanDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sara E CosgroveDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dalton StewartDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA.
Brian S SchwartzDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Geisinger, Danville, PA, USA; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

Traning Program in Environmental Health SciencesT32ES007141 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Marsha Wills-Karp · 1985 to 2026
$22.2M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007141
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poultry carry zoonotic bacteria that can cause gastroenteritis in humans. Environmental transmission of pathogens from poultry operations may increase gastrointestinal infection risk in surrounding communities. To evaluate associations between residential proximity to high-density poultry operations and individual-level diarrheal illnesses, we conducted a nested case-control study among 514,488 patients in Pennsylvania (2006-2015). Using electronic health records, we identified cases of five gastrointestinal outcomes: three pathogen-specific infections, including Escherichia coli (n = 1425), Campylobacter (n = 567), and Salmonella (n = 781); infectious diarrhea (n = 781); and non-specific diarrhea (2012-2015; n = 28,201). We estimated an inverse-distance squared activity metric for poultry operations based on farm and patient addresses. Patients in the second and fourth (versus first) quartiles of the poultry operation activity metric had increased odds of Campylobacter (AOR [CI], Q2: 1.36 [1.01, 1.82]; Q3: 1.38 [0.98, 1.96]; Q4: 1.75 [1.31, 2.33]). Patients in the second, third, and fourth quartiles had increased odds of infectious diarrhea (Q2: 1.76 [1.29, 2.39]; Q3: 1.76 [1.09, 2.85]; Q4: 1.60 [1.12, 2.30]). Stratification revealed stronger relations of fourth quartile and both Campylobacter and infectious diarrhea in townships, the most rural community type in the study geography. Increasing extreme rainfall in the week prior to diagnosis strengthened fourth quartile Campylobacter associations. The poultry operation activity metric was largely unassociated with E. coli, Salmonella, and non-specific diarrhea. Findings suggest high-density poultry operations may be associated with campylobacteriosis and infectious diarrhea in nearby communities, highlighting additional public health concerns of industrial agriculture.

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Environmental ExposureAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsCampylobacterCampylobacter InfectionsChildChild, PreschoolDysenteryEscherichia coliFarmsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornCampylobacterDiarrheaEscherichia coliIndustrial food animal productionPoultrySalmonella

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PMID29268955
PMCPMC5880295

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