Investigation of Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy Among Swine Slaughterhouse Workers – Minnesota, 2007–2008

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Lachance, D. ; Goyal, S. ; Danila, Richard ; DeVries, Aaron ; Lynfield, Ruth ; Howell, J. L. ; Wyatt, J. ; Safranek, Thomas ; Belay, Ermias ; McQuiston, J. ; Schonberger, Lawrence B. ; Sejvar, J. ; Brueck, Scott E. ; Adjemian, Jennifer ; Buss, Bryan F. ; Gibbins, John D. ; Holzbauer, Stacey
• Description:
  On October 29, 2007, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was notified by a tertiary-care provider of unexplained neurologic illnesses among workers in a swine slaughterhouse (plant A) in southeast Minnesota. As a result, MDH initiated a detailed investigation at plant A to characterize the outbreak. This report describes the ongoing investigation and outbreak-control measures undertaken by state public health officials and CDC. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Food-Processing Industry Livestock Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Slaughterhouses; Food-processing-industry; Food-processing-workers; Neurological-diseases; Neurological-reactions; Neurological-system; Neuropathy; Peripheral-nervous-system; Brain-function; Spinal-cord; Epidemiology; Region-5; Cerebrospinal-fluid
• Source:
  MMWR 2008 Feb; 57(5):122-124
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Indiana ; Minnesota ; Nebraska ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033252
• Citation:
  MMWR 2008 Feb; 57(5):122-124
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:25154511e54c164286cef6ac4243bd49d0c87a71bfef396302f9d0f56355efa2f3e0905f3cd21cb2b82416f026d10fe9a78bffe4930af6bce9fd2e43aae95782
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183158/cdc_183158_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 72.25 KB ]