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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Control of Raw Pork Liver Sausage Production Can Reduce the Prevalence of HEV Infection.

Paolo Ripellino, Enea Pianezzi, Gladys Martinetti, Cinzia Zehnder, Barbara Mathis, Petra Giannini, Nicola Forrer, Giorgio Merlani, Harry R Dalton, Orlando Petrini and 3 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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13 authors.

Paolo RipellinoNeurocenter of Southern Switzerland, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Enea PianezziLaboratory of Microbiology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3382-4025
Gladys MartinettiLaboratory of Microbiology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Cinzia ZehnderSynlab Ticino, 6934 Bioggio, Switzerland.
Barbara MathisUnilabs Ticino, 6932 Breganzona, Switzerland.
Petra GianniniCantonal Food Control Authority, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7762-8136
Nicola ForrerCantonal Food Control Authority, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Giorgio MerlaniCantonal Service for Health, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Harry R DaltonUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Orlando PetriniRoyal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3LJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1234-7832
Florian BihlSan Giovanni Hospital, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Stefano FontanaBlood Transfusion Service CRS Southern Switzerland, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6543-2619
Claudio GobbiNeurocenter of Southern Switzerland, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.

Funding

Baasch-Medicus Stiftung 2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After an acute hepatitis E (HEV) outbreak in Southern Switzerland, in January 2017 the local public health authorities started an active program of food chain control and public education. In this retrospective study, we analysed all laboratory-confirmed acute cases of HEV infection diagnosed between 2014 and 2020. In the period before the public health intervention, the number of cases increased steadily from 2014 (4 of 40 tests, 10%) reaching a peak in the last quarter of 2016 (42 of 285 tests, 14.7 %). Afterwards, the number of positive cases decreased steadily, reaching its lowest value (0.3%) in the second quarter of 2019. There was a statistically significant difference between the frequency of positive cases and period of testing, i.e., before and after the introduction of the public health interventions. Our study shows that active public health measures to control sausages containing raw pork liver can reduce the prevalence of HEV infection.

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epidemiologyfood chain controlhepatitis Eone healthpublic healthraw liversausage

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PMCPMC7911891

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