Limited, intragroup epidemics of acute infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tracts and throat among workers of a Polish construction site in a tropical country.
The occurrence of small, short-term epidemics of acute infectious diseases of the respiratory system and throat among the employees of a Polish construction site in an area of the Persian Gulf was described. It was stated that they occurred most often during the cold season and they comprise from 10 up to 45% of the employees, often as a consequence of arrival of new groups of employees. The most probably etiology of these diseases is infection with the following viruses: rhino-myxo-, adeno-viruses. Coxsackie A, as well as with bacteria, most probably with streptococcus. As they can cause the phenomenon of the temporary disability for work among considerable percentage of the employees they can disorganize rhythm and efficiency of the construction site.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000208:ethnology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D014329:Tropical Climate