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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY EVIDENCE OF HAFF DISEASE - CASE SERIES FROM AN OUTBREAK IN SALVADOR, BRAZIL, DECEMBER 2016 TO APRIL 2017
Bandeira, Antonio Carlos de Albuquerque et al. | Date Issued: 2017
Author
Bandeira, Antonio Carlos de Albuquerque
Campos, Gubio Soares
Ribeiro, Guilherme de Sousa
Cardoso, Cristiane W
Bastos, Claudilson José de Carvalho
Pessoa, Tiago Lobo
Araujo, Karine A
Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios
Castro, Alessandra P
Carvalho, Rejane Hughes
Prates, Ana Paula Pitanga Barbuda
Gois, Luana Leandro
Rocha, Veronica F
Sardi, Silvia Ines
Affilliation
Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias. Medical School. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Hospital Aliança. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Federal University of Bahia. Virology Laboratory. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Federal University of Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Salvador, Brazil
Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias. Medical School. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias. Medical School. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Hospital Aliança. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Hospital Aeroporto. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Federal University of Bahia. Virology Laboratory. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Salvador, Brazil
Universidade Catolica do Salvador. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Hospital Geral Roberto Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Federal University of Bahia. Virology Laboratory. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Abstract
We describe a series of 15 Haff disease cases from an outbreak in Salvador, Brazil, starting early December 2016. Eleven cases were grouped in four family clusters of two to four individuals, four were isolated cases. All but one patient consumed cooked fish; 11 within 24h before symptoms onset. Cases consumed 'Olho de Boi' (Seriola spp.) and 'Badejo' (Mycteroperca spp.). A total of 67 cases were detected, the last case was reported on 5 April 2017.
Keywords in Portuguese
Rabdomiólise
Surtos
Peixes
Humanos
Brasil
 
Keywords
Rhabdomyolysis
Outbreak
Fish
Humans
Brazil
 
Publisher
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Citation
BANDEIRA, A. C. et al. Clinical and laboratory evidence of Haff disease - case series from an outbreak in Salvador, Brazil, December 2016 to April 2017. Eurosurveillance, v. 22, n. 24, 2017.
DOI
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.24.30552
ISSN
1560-7917