[Foodborne disease outbreaks around the urban Chilean areas from 2005 to 2010].

Background: Foodborne disease outbreaks are one of the main health problems all over the world, which have an extensive impact on human health.

Objective: [corrected] To analyze the foodborne disease outbreaks occurred in Chilean urban area from 2005 to 2010.

Methods: We made a descriptive epidemiologic study.

[Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in Antofagasta Region, Chile 2010].

Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis are a public health problem. Norovirus is known as the most common cause (50%). In Chile, immediate notification allows surveillance of these events.

[Seroepidemiological evidence of human exposure to Anaplasma sp in Santiago, Chile].

Objectives And Methods: To find more evidence of human exposure to Anaplasma sp in Chile, we studied 108 contacts of dogs with canine ehrlichiosis (CE) (risk group) and 61 persons without tick or CE cases contact (control group). A survey including risk factors and history of diseases compatible with ehrlichiosis/ anaplasmosis was applied to the risk group. Serum IgG anti-Anaplasma sp antibodies were determined in both groups.

[Guidelines for management of animal bites].

Bites caused by pets or free living animal, including the so called exotic ones are a common cause of medical care request, although its real dimension has not been well defined in the local setting. This paper reviews the epidemiology of the topic placing emphasis in the initial approach and recommendations for the management of dog and cat bites. Due to increasing ownership or contact with other animals, management of bites from hamsters, mice, ferrets, rabbits, prairie dogs, monkeys, bats, lizards and bird bites is also discussed.

[Risk factors and frequency of positive antibodies for leptospirosis in a sub urban population near Santiago].

Background: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease and its incidence is known in Chile since 2002, when it was incorporated as a disease that must be reported to health authorities. A serologic survey for leptospirosis was performed in humans and animals from a farm in a semi urban area in Santiago Chile, after the death of a farmer due to Weil disease in that place.

Aim: To report the prevalence of antibodies against leptospirosis and to determine exposure to infection risk factors in the humans and domestic animals studied in this survey.