{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Davis MF"],"funding":["Intramural NIH HHS"],"pagination":["190-5"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3041019"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["53(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is the leading cause of acute peripheral neuropathy worldwide, often associated with recent foodborne infection with Campylobacter jejuni. In this cross-sectional analysis of data from the Agricultural Health Study, we tested whether swine and poultry exposure were associated with increased prevalence of GBS-like neurologic symptoms.<h4>Methods</h4>Using multivariate analysis, we tested the symptoms such as numbness and weakness, relevant to inflammatory peripheral neuropathies, among farmers with self-reported occupational poultry or swine exposure compared with farmers who reported no occupational animal exposure.<h4>Results</h4>Among swine farmers/workers, prevalence of weakness and numbness were increased (P < 0.05). Among poultry farmers/workers, prevalence of weakness and numbness were increased, but increased prevalence of weakness was not statistically significant.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Occupational contact with live poultry or swine, potentially related to C. jejuni exposure, was associated with increased reporting of GBS-like symptoms."],"journal":["Journal of occupational and environmental medicine"],"pubmed_title":["Neurologic symptoms associated with raising poultry and swine among participants in the Agricultural Health Study."],"pmcid":["PMC3041019"],"funding_grant_id":["Z01 ES049030","Z01 CP010119-12","Z01 CP010119","Z01 ES049030-11"],"pubmed_authors":["Davis MF","Silbergeld E","Gray GC","Alavanja MC","Kamel F","Freeman LB","Nelson K","Hoppin JA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Neurologic symptoms associated with raising poultry and swine among participants in the Agricultural Health Study.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is the leading cause of acute peripheral neuropathy worldwide, often associated with recent foodborne infection with Campylobacter jejuni. In this cross-sectional analysis of data from the Agricultural Health Study, we tested whether swine and poultry exposure were associated with increased prevalence of GBS-like neurologic symptoms.<h4>Methods</h4>Using multivariate analysis, we tested the symptoms such as numbness and weakness, relevant to inflammatory peripheral neuropathies, among farmers with self-reported occupational poultry or swine exposure compared with farmers who reported no occupational animal exposure.<h4>Results</h4>Among swine farmers/workers, prevalence of weakness and numbness were increased (P < 0.05). Among poultry farmers/workers, prevalence of weakness and numbness were increased, but increased prevalence of weakness was not statistically significant.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Occupational contact with live poultry or swine, potentially related to C. jejuni exposure, was associated with increased reporting of GBS-like symptoms.","dates":{"release":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2011 Feb","modification":"2024-11-07T12:19:04.506Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:39:03Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3041019","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21270654"],"doi":["10.1097/jom.0b013e31820805d5","10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820805d5"]}}