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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1(8), p. 19-22

DOI: 10.3201/eid0801.010129

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The Dioxin Crisis as Experiment To Determine Poultry-Related Campylobacter Enteritis

Journal article published in 2002 by Akke Vellinga ORCID, Frank Van Loock
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Abstract

In June 1999, the dioxin crisis, caused by dioxin-contaminated feed components, exploded in Belgium, resulting in withdrawal of chicken and eggs from the market. Through the sentinel surveillance system, a decrease in Campylobacter infections during June 1999 was noticed. A model was generated with the reports from preceding years (1994 to 1998), and a prediction of the number of infections in 1999 was calculated. The model shows a significant decline (40%) in the number of infections, mainly because of the withdrawal of poultry. The use of a disaster as an epidemiologic tool offers a unique opportunity to observe exceptional changes in the occurrence of infections or other diseases.