COST ACTION 920

Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe


Data sheet

Pathogen

Quinolone-resistant Campylobacter (QRC)

Country or region

 UK

Transmission route

 From

 Food, human and environment

To

 Human

Specific product(s)

 Chicken, pig meat, foreign travel, clinical use, pets, soil on crops, drinking water

End-point(s)

 Proportion of human QRC cases per year that are attributable to the food chain.


Reports or publications

Bibliographic reference

·         Snary, E. L., Kelly, L. A.,Newell, D.,Frost, J. & Gale, P. (2001).  Assessment of, relative to other pathways, the contribution made by the food chain to the problem of quinolone resistance in microorganisms causing human infections. In 9th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms, (Freiburg, Germany)

·         Hill, A., Snary, E. & Wooldridge, M. (2004). The contribution of chicken consumption to the problem of quinolone-resistance in micro-organisms causing human infection. Conference proceedings of the 5th World Congress Foodborne Infections and Intoxifications. 7th – 11th June 2004.  Berlin, Germany.

·         Snary, E. L., Kelly, L. A.,Newell, D.,Frost, J. & Gale, P. (2001).  Assessment of, relative to other pathways, the contribution made by the food chain to the problem of quinolone resistance in microorganisms causing human infections. In 9th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms, (Freiburg, Germany)

·         Hill, A., Snary, E. & Wooldridge, M. (2004). The contribution of chicken consumption to the problem of quinolone-resistance in micro-organisms causing human infection. Conference proceedings of the 5th World Congress Foodborne Infections and Intoxifications. 7th – 11th June 2004.  Berlin, Germany.

Abstract

A quantitative risk assessment is being developed to assess, relative to other pathways, the contribution made by the food chain to the problem of quinolone-resistant Campylobacter infections in humans.  The number of human quinolone-resistant Campylobacter cases in the UK caused by chicken and pigs will compared to those caused by other sources, including the human use of fluoroquinolones, foreign travel and environmental sources.  

This work is being funded by the Food Standards Agency, UK

Status

 Underway

Availability

 Not available at present


Project group

Institute

Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK

Contact person

 Dr. Emma Snary (e.l.snary@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk)

Partners

Health Protection Agency, WRc-NSF Ltd, Liverpool University, Institute of Food Research, SCIEH, University of Minnesota, Bayer.