Document ID (ISN) | 61679 |
CIS number |
94-371 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail |
Year |
1993 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Guenzi C., Simon F., Abadia G. |
Title |
Waste water purification by biological treatment: Notification of a high-fever syndrome among workers |
Original title |
Stations biologiques de traitements des eaux usées: enregistrement de syndromes fébriles [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
1st Quarter 1993, No.53, p.31-32. 2 ref. |
Abstract |
A study by 43 French occupational physicians of waste water purification plants (see CIS 92-1370) covers the years 1990-1993. During the collection of data, a high-fever epidemic (headaches, shivers, muscle aches) broke out among workers of such a plant treating waste water from a chemical factory by biological means. Blood tests indicated an infectious origin of this epidemic, even though no viral or bacterial pathogen could be identified. |
Descriptors (primary) |
water treatment; France; sewage treatment; sewage; biological hazards; infectious diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
migraine; diarrhoea; body temperature; exposure tests; fatigue; joint diseases; report on investigation; myalgia |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | France |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Biological hazards Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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