title: [Epidemiologic aspects of common gastrointestinal food toxin infections in the Bizerte region based on surveillance center analyses from 1994 to 1999].
abstract: The Common Food Toxin Infections has been subject of constant and exhaustive supervision watch over since 1994 in Bizerta. 77 centers in total has been recorded during the six last years (1994 to 1999) and have shown 738 patients. The evolution of incidental rate declared has been considered by annual fluctuations with extreme rates as 11.2 for 10,000 inhabitants in 1995 and 41.5 for 10,000 inhabitants in 1999. The classic season peak each year, and so 58.4% of centers has been notified during the months of July, August and September. The average size of centers is 9.5 persons with an extension of 02 to 40 persons. One death has been deplored a weak spreading rate of 0.14%. The hospitalization recommended for 106 patients (14.4%). About three quarters of the centers has been concerned by the familial. The cooked food is being at the top of contaminating food (49.3%).
authors.affiliation: Service régional d'hygiène du milieu de Bizerte Tunisie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhaouadi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seghair
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kammoun
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gzara
mesh_terms: D005506:Food Contamination; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012621:Seasons; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology