Relationship between Climate and Transmission of Food poisoning in Thailand, 2013

Authors

  • Soawapak Hinjoy Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control
  • Arthicha Wongkumma Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control
  • Ponchanok RattanadilokNaBhuket Bureau of General Communicable Disease, Department of Disease Control

Keywords:

Climate, Food poisoning, Thailand

Abstract

Regarding to over 100,000 cases of food poisoning per year, the food poisoning remains a major public health in Thailand. Recent studies indicated that climate could be a potential factor for food borne diseases, but the relation had never been discovered in Thailand. The reported cases of food poisoning in 2013 from national passive surveillance were investigated. The monthly number of the reported cases and variables of temperatures were related during one-month lag using regression statistical analyses. Mean temperature (onemonth lag) was significantly correlated with the number of food poisoning cases (r=0.60). After controlling for the seasonality, the prediction of the burden of the mean temperature in relation with food poisoning cases in Thailand as attributable factor, the following model was used: food poisoning case in province (for the period April–December 2014) = [25.182 X (the monthly mean temperature at a lag of 1 month of province)] - 557.99. Climate variations affected the transmission of food poisoning in Thailand. Public health interventions should be undertaken before summer season to mitigate the food poisoning cases due to the possible consequences from increasing of temperatures.

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Published

2024-07-12

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Hinjoy, S., Wongkumma, A., & RattanadilokNaBhuket, P. (2024). Relationship between Climate and Transmission of Food poisoning in Thailand, 2013. Weekly Epidemiological Surveillance Report, 45(10), 145–150. retrieved from https://he05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/WESR/article/view/3046

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Vol. 45 No. 10 (2014): 10th week

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