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Zoonoses – epidemiology and virulence
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Some core activities
• Surveillance• Operational
Support• Research• Education• Production of
guidance
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What is surveillance?
‘This process includes the forced completion of boring forms (that are difficult to find and really easy to lose) with banal details based on poor definitions that interferes with the effective management of patients and you never get to see the data!’
Courtesy of Dr A MacDonald, Consultant Microbiologist
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What is surveillance?
‘the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of appropriate data, and the timely dissemination of the resultant information to those who need to know’
adapted from: Langmuir AD. The surveillance of communicable diseases of national importance. New England Journal of Medicine, 1963, vol 268, pp 182-192
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What are zoonoses?
• Infectious agents transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans
• 75% of emerging pathogens are zoonotic e.g. SARS, E. coli O157
• May be affected by man’s management of the environment – FMD, drivers of change
• Include Campylobacter, Salmonella, Cryptosporidium, E. coli O157 and Q fever
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Cryptosporidium
• Protozoan parasite • Profuse diarrhoea, bloating, abdominal pain,
nausea• May lead to reactive arthritis• Potentially fatal in immuno-compromised• Confirm by isolation of oocysts in stool • Infection can be asymptomatic
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How is Cryptosporidium diagnosed?
• Stool selection criteria• Microscopy – stained and concentrated
– Identifies genus• Real-time PCR to LIB13 and ssu RNA
genes– Identifies species/genotype/strain
• Local vs national diagnosis– Do all local labs send stool?
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Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium
• C. parvum and C. hominis predominate• C. parvum associated with zoonoses/pws• C. hominis associated with foreign travel/urban• Person-to-person• Cider but not whisky• Genus is resistant to disinfection
– Swimming pools– Role of private water supplies– Role of public drinking water?
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C. parvum and C. hominis reports in Scotland by age group (2005-2007)
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Seasonality of Cryptosporidium
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Standardised incidence rate (SIR) for Cryptosporidium sp., 2003-
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PWS in Scotland
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Cryptosporidium in wild animals
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Auchengarrich wildlife centre outbreak
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Auchengarrich wildlife centre outbreak
• 128 confirmed cases• 8.1% attack rate at peak of infection• Relative risk of 13.3 for visiting AWC• C. parvum isolated from 103 human cases• C. parvum isolated from lamb pen drain
– Scouring lambs– No hand washing facilities (alcohol rub)– Mainly children affected
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What is the role of drinking water in transmission?
Source 1997-Nov 1999 Dec 1999-2003
Loch Lomond 12.8 6.5
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Rest of Scotland 39.1 66.1
Pollock et al. EID (2008) 14:115-120
1997-2003 Period Incidence (cases/100,000)
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Role of drinking water in ‘immunity’
• Floyd Frost studies• Low-level exposure to oocysts via unfiltered water
might result in a higher background level of immunity to Cryptosporidium among Glasgow consumers
• Exposure may stimulate a protective effect among people subsequently exposed to Cryptosporidium from other sources
• Consequence of introducing filtration to Loch Katrine in 2007 might therefore reduce the level of ‘herd immunity’ to Cryptosporidium in the relevant population
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Sero-epidemiology - serological vs risk factors - univariate
• Age – 0.35% per year of life• Donors with pets had a lower serological
response to Crypto than those without pets • serological responses > for swimmers• serological responses > if on a private water
supply • serological response < if drinking bottled
water
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Results – serological – linear modelling
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Conclusions from study
• Drinking water in GG contributed a proportion of immunity to the population
• Estimated proportion is between 24-30%• Temporal reduction in immunity to 27-
kDa• Implications for swimmers
– Increase in outbreaks of crypto in swimming pools
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E. coli O157 and other VTECs
• E. coli O157 (UK and ROI, North USA)• Non-O157 serotypes also important
(Australia, Germany) • Usually non-sorbitol fermenting• Reservoir – cattle/livestock/humans• Abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhoea,
afebrile• Develops into HUS in 10-15% of cases • Medications either neutral or contra-
indicated
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O157 and the media
• The good– Single cases reported
• The bad– blame culture
• The ugly– The ‘hygiene hypothesis’
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How are the VTECs being transmitted?
• 50% of cases unknown transmission• Farm contact
– Farm dwellers• Person-person spread• Food as source of infection (Central Scotland outbreak) • Private water supplies
– Mannix et al. 2007 – OR, 11.5, p< 0.006– 1 in 5 PWS in Scotland had faecal contamination
(DWQR 2009)
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Standardised incidence rate
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What about other VTEC serotypes?
• Rare• Sorbitol-fermenting E. coli O157
– Nursery outbreak in 2006– 8 of 18 developed HUS– Source unknown
• E. coli O26– 3 sporadic cases in 2010 (kids <10)– Severe forms of HUS – Acquisition of verotoxin genes
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Farm exposure to microbes
Children on farms
Reference group
Ege et al., Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma (2011) NEJM vol. 364, pp.701-709
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Q fever
• Coxiella burnetii – intracellular bacterium• Transmitted primarily by cattle, sheep and
goats• Disease ranges from asymptomatic to fatal
chronic endocarditis• Listed by CDC as a bio-terrorism agent• Several cases reported to HPS per year
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Scotbeef outbreak
• Beef and lamb slaughter and meat packing plant • Bridge of Allan, nearest residences over 500m distant• Recent development: strict separation clean/dirty processes• Animals from Scotland and Northern England –
~2000 animals/day• ~250 staff from Scotland & beyond; 1/3 Eastern European -
hauliers and farmers among regular visitors
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Company hypothesis
Company hypothesis - contaminated air flow from lairage blowing over route from boning/packing area to car park; this area not used by workers from “dirty areas”
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Descriptive Epidemiology
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Descriptive Epidemiology
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Analytical epidemiology
• Multi-variate (attack rate: confirmed only)- preliminary findings
• Pass through stores - 3.1 times more likely to be case
• Pass through walkway two - 2.6 times more likely to be case
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Why are zoonoses increasing?
• Better surveillance/lab practices• Ready to eat foods – reduced salt content• Ownership of diverse pets• Ageing population
– Proton pump inhibitors– Reluctance to throw out food
• Immunologically naïve population– Improved hygiene– Monoblocking– Wii– PlayStation– Internet
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Is all dirt bad for us?
• Citrobacter LPS confers protection vs pathogens
• LPS – Reduces atopic-induced disease e.g. dog
ownership confers protection vs eczema– Reduces incidence of lung cancer in
certain occupational workers– Boosts anti-inflammatory immunity
– Fun
Explicit recognition of trade-offs
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How do you prevent zoonotic transmission?