Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017
المؤلفون المشاركون
Kadobera, Daniel
Okethwangu, Denis
Nguna, Joyce
Ario, Alex R.
Doreen, Birungi
Eyu, Patricia
Biribawa, Claire
Kizito, Susan
Nakanwagi, Miriam
Nkonwa, Innocent H.
Opio, Denis N.
Aceng, Freda L.
Alitubeera, Phoebe H.
Kwesiga, Benon
Bulage, Lilian
Zhu, Bao-Ping
المصدر
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-04-28
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Methanol, an industrial solvent, can cause illness and death if ingested.
In June 2017, the Uganda Ministry of Health was notified of a cluster of deaths which occurred after drinking alcohol.
We investigated to determine the cause of outbreak, identify risk factors, and recommend evidence-based control measures.
Methods.
We defined a probable case as acute loss of eyesight and ≥1 of the following symptoms: profuse sweating, vomiting, dizziness, or loss of consciousness in a resident of either Nabweru or Nangabo Subcounty from 1 to 30 June 2017.
In a case-control study, we compared exposures of case-patients and controls selected among asymptomatic neighbors who drank alcohol and matched by age and sex.
We collected alcohol samples from implicated bars and wholesaler X for testing.
Results.
We identified 15 cases; 12 (80%) died.
Among case-patients, 12 (80%) were men; the median age was 43 (range: 23–66) years.
Thirteen (87%) of 15 case-patients and 15 (25%) of 60 controls last drank a locally distilled alcohol at one of the three bars supplied by wholesaler X (ORM-H = 15; 95% CI: 2.3–106).
We found that alcohol sellers sometimes added methanol to drinking alcohol to increase their profit margin.
Among the 10 alcohol samples from wholesaler X, the mean methanol content (1200 mg/L, range: 77–2711 mg/L) was 24 times higher than the safe level.
Conclusion.
This outbreak was caused by drinking a locally distilled alcohol adulterated with methanol from wholesaler X.
We recommended enforcing existing laws governing alcohol manufacture and sale.
We recommended timely intravenous administration of ethanol to methanol poisoning victims.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Doreen, Birungi& Eyu, Patricia& Okethwangu, Denis& Biribawa, Claire& Kizito, Susan& Nakanwagi, Miriam…[et al.]. 2020. Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184341
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Doreen, Birungi…[et al.]. Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184341
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Doreen, Birungi& Eyu, Patricia& Okethwangu, Denis& Biribawa, Claire& Kizito, Susan& Nakanwagi, Miriam…[et al.]. Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184341
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1184341
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر