Analysis on the results of foodborne disease surveillance in Baiyin City, Gansu Province, 2015

VernacularTitle:2015年甘肃省白银市食源性腹泻患者诺如病毒检测结果分析
Author: Yanbo WANG ; Xiaomei ZHANG
Keywords: Norovirus; foodborne disease; risk monitoring; real time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Gansu
From: Chinese Journal of Food Hygiene 2017;29(4):488-491
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to analyze of the prevalence of Norovirus in the foodborne disease surveillance population in Baiyin City in 2015,and provide scientific basis for the prediction,early warning,prevention and control of foodborne diseases caused by Norovirus.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on the cases of foodborne disease surveillance.Fecal specimen were collected,and Norovirus GⅠ and GⅡ were detected by real time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction.Results Three hundred and forty-four foodborne disease cases were reported,78 cases were positive,and the detection rate was 22.7％.Five cases were positive for Norovirus GⅠ,and 71 cases for GⅡ.Two cases were positive for both GⅠ and GⅡ.Forty-six cases were male and 32 cases were female.The oldest patient was 83 years old,and the youngest was only 3 months with an average age of 20.3.Conclusion Norovirus was one of the main foodborne pathogens in the city,and the main epidemic was GⅡ in autumn and winter.Public education and health monitoring should be strengthened.