Case-control study of an acute aflatoxicosis outbreak, Kenya, 2004.(Research / Environmental Medicine)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo; DeCock, Kevin; Gieseker, Karen; Kieszak, Stephanie; Lindblade, Kimberly; McCoy, Leslie F.; Misore, Ambrose; Njapau, Henry; Rogers, Helen Schurz; Rubin, Carol; Schleicher, Rosemary; Slutsker, Laurence | Copyright information

OBJECTIVES: During January-June 2004, an aflatoxicosis outbreak in eastern Kenya resulted in 317 cases and 125 deaths. We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for contamination of implicated maize and, for the first time, quantitated biomarkers associated with acute aflatoxicosis.

DESIGN: We administered questionnaires regarding maize storage and consumption and obtained maize and blood samples from participants.

PARTICIPANTS: We recruited 4...

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