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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2024

Characteristics of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Investigated in Singapore: 2018-2021.

Muhd Tarmidzi Fua'di, Benjamin Er, Sylvester Lee, Pei Pei Chan, Joanna Khoo, Desmond Tan, Huilin Li, Imran Roshan Muhammad, Pream Raj, Lalitha Kurupatham and 5 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Health Hazard Associated with the Presence ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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15 authors.

Muhd Tarmidzi Fua'diNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Benjamin ErNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Sylvester LeeCommunicable Disease Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0003-8461-7381
Pei Pei ChanCommunicable Disease Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854, Singapore.
Joanna KhooNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Desmond TanNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Huilin LiNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Imran Roshan MuhammadCommunicable Disease Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854, Singapore.
Pream RajCommunicable Disease Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854, Singapore.
Lalitha KurupathamCommunicable Disease Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854, Singapore.
Vernon LeeCommunicable Disease Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854, Singapore.
Li Kiang TanNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Joanne Sheot Harn ChanNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Angela LiNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.
Kyaw Thu AungNational Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Techquest, Singapore 609919, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-4326-9512

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a need to study the characteristics of outbreaks via Singapore's outbreak surveillance system to understand and identify the gaps in food safety for targeted policy interventions due to the increasing trend in gastroenteritis outbreaks and consequential increase in foodborne-related deaths and economic burden on public health systems worldwide. A total of 171 gastroenteritis outbreaks were investigated in Singapore from January 2018 to December 2021. This study analyzed the annual trend of investigated gastroenteritis outbreaks, the proportion of outbreaks by implicated sources of food, and the proportion of the type of pathogens identified from human cases, food samples, and environmental swabs collected from outbreak investigations. Among the foodborne gastroenteritis outbreaks (n = 121) investigated in Singapore, approximately 42.1% of the outbreaks had food prepared by caterers, 14.9% by restaurants, and 12.4% had food prepared by in-house kitchens.

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Bacillus cereusGastroenteritisChild, PreschoolClostridium perfringensDisease OutbreaksHumansSingaporebacterialcaterersC. perfringensfoodborne pathogensgastroenteritis outbreaksnoroviruspreschoolsSalmonellasources of foodviral

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PMCPMC10815581

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