Epidemiological Studies on Prediction About Food Poisoning Outbreak by Discriminant Function

[Epidemiological studies on prediction about food poisoning outbreak by discriminant function].

Prediction of Protein Function by Discriminant Analysis*

Approximately 53% of the protein sequences in the National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF) database can be allocated to one of 26 functional classes, each of which can be characterized by the joint occurrence of four or fewer attributes. The attributes reflect collective physicochemical properties of the sequences in a class, ranging from simple characteristics of composition, such as ave...

Outbreak of food poisoning caused by lactose-fermenting Salmonella tuebingen.

An outbreak of food poisoning occurred in a cafeteria and involved 102 student nurses. A lactose-fermenting strain of Salmonella tuebingen was isolated. The source was traced to the chicken consumed. Production of H2S was not evident on triple sugar iron but was detected on lysine iron agar. Therefore, the present report emphasizes the importance of bismuth sulfite agar and lysine iron agar for...

Outbreak of staphylococcal enterotoxin food poisoning.

Coagulase positive staphylococci are generally difficult to grow in foodstuffs without substantial temperature abuse and foodborne outbreaks are uncommon. The following incident resulted in the first detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin in food in a Queensland outbreak and is the first reported outbreak of staphylococcal foodborne illness in Queensland since 1997 when 42 people in a Bundaber...

Outbreak of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning.

An outbreak of diarrhoea occurred at a 647-bedded long-stay hospital from 11 to 14 June 1989. Fifty-eight elderly residents developed symptoms and there were two deaths. The organism was identified as Clostridium perfringens type A, serotype TW23. The source of the outbreak was found to be inadequately reheated minced beef served at lunchtime on 11 June. The reason why only 4 of the possible 16...