High incidence of asymptomatic leptospirosis among urban sanitation workers from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Jeffree, Mohammad Saffree; Mori, Daisuke; Yusof, Nur Athirah; Atil, Azman; Lukman, Khamisah Awang; Othman, Razib M.; Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat; Su’ut, Lela; Ahmed, Kamruddin

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“…( 54 ). In addition, they had the possibility of having Helicobacter pylori infections ( 55 ); leptospirosis ( 56 ); intestinal parasites; soil-based transmitted helminthes ( 57 ); arthralgia as the most prominent symptom ( 58 ); and also GI problems ( 59 ). The majority of these studies concluded that sanitary workers who had food and drink while they were working and who did not have personal protective equipment had the possibility of having gastroenteritis problems.…”

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Global systematic review of occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitation and hygiene workers

Tolera,

Temesgen,

Mulat Endalew

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionSanitary workers are exposed to a variety of occupational hazards in a variety of working environments, which can result in occupational-related outcomes. As a result, the goal of this review was to identify occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitary workers worldwide.MethodsPRISMA was used as flow diagram and PICOS was used review questions. The studies published in English were searched from databases and others methods ranging from 2000 to 2022. Boolean logic (AND, OR), MeSH, and keywords used: (Occupation *OR Job *OR Work) AND (Occupational related respiratory Symptoms *OR Disease) AND [Solid waste collectors (SWCs) *OR Street sweepers (SS) *OR Sewage workers and waste treatment (STWs)] AND (Countries).ResultsA total of 228 studies were identified from 23 countries across the world. Studies were found via PubMed (n = 40), Medline (n = 25), Embase (n = 11) and Global Health (n = 66) and Google scholar (n = 63) and from previous (n = 23). From 8,962 of eligible sanitary workers, about 4,742 (54%), 1714 (19%) and 1,441 (16%) were sewage, sweepers and solid waste workers, respectively. A total study (n = 51) were eligible for occupational health and safety outcomes. Of these, respiratory problems accounted 27 (52%) and Gastroenteritis 14 (27%).ConclusionDespite a large number of studies to date provides sanitary employees all over the world face occupational-related risks, hence more research is needed to enhance and quantify illness burden among sanitary workers.

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Global systematic review of occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitation and hygiene workers

Tolera,

Temesgen,

Mulat Endalew

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Most infections also occurred in high poverty areas within each New York Borough and predominantly among men. This increasing trend of Leptospirosis in urban environments could be attributed to poor socioeconomic status [17] unsanitary waste handling and worsening rodent infestation [18,19].…”

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A Rare Case of Leptospirosis-Induced Liver Injury in an Urban Setting

Ahmed¹,

Subhan²,

Jasbir³

2022

J Clin Gastroenterol Treat

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and sheep. Rodents are the most important reservoirs, and once infected, they harbor and shed the pathogen through their urine. Human infection occurs when animal urine or contaminated water or soil comes in contact with mucous membranes, conjunctivae, or skin lacerations [2].On average, clinical manifestations of leptospirosis start after a 10-day incubation period. The infection varies from mild and self-limited illness in most cases, to a severe and potentially fatal disease. Symptoms are non-specific and include a wide range of different system involvement including gastrointestinal, respiratory, musculoskeletal, hepatic, and genitourinary systems. Case PresentationA 50-year-old African American man presented to the emergency department of a New York City hospital with a chief compliant of bilateral leg weakness. Patient said that one week prior to presentation, he had sudden onset of abdominal cramps, nausea, multiple episodes of non-bloody, non-bilious vomiting, and watery diarrhea, which all lasted for a few days. Patient attributed his gastrointestinal symptoms to street food he ate prior to the onset of his illness. His condition deteriorated, and he developed subjective fevers, chills, and severe muscle aches, mainly in his legs. Patient's muscle pain progressively worsened, to the point where he felt his legs became weak, causing difficulty walking, so he decided to seek medical attention. He denied any recent travel, sick contacts, alcohol use, use of over the

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“…Some scholars studied troph erymaw hipplei (Schoniger-Hekeleetal, 2007); Anti-HAV Antibodies (Toseva et al, 2018). In addition, they exposed with leptospirosis (Jeffree et al 2020); majority of them had sero positivity to Hepatitis (Levin et al, 2000); seropositivity to hepatitis A virus (Divizia et al, 2008).…”

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Occupational Diseases among Sanitary Workers in Worldwide: Systematic Review

Tolera

2023

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Background: Sanitary workers are exposing with different occupational hazards in these setting, that leading occupational disabilities or disease. Thus, quantification of these problems among these group will be significant for further attention in both scientific scholars and government to withstand sanitary workers. Methods: Reviewed data were searched from databases, namely PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Lilacs for eligible studies from 2000 to 2022. Waste collectors and emptier, street sweepers, sewage workers, health care facilities cleaners were eligible populations. Gastro intestinal conditions, respiratory problems, skin problems and other psychosocial problems. Risk of bias was assessed using an adopted from Liverpool Quality Assessment Tool. Results: A total of 168 studies were identified from the databases and other reports. Finally, 50 studies were included. About 15/23(65%) developed countries were included but 28/50 (56%) of the studies obtained from developing countries. More than 91% of the studies were used cross sectional study design and 50% used type of logistic regression and multivariate regression. Majority of the study obtained from India 15 (30%) and followed by Egypt 5(10%). From 7, 711 sanitary workers, majority of them 48 %( 3682) were sewage workers and followed by street sweepers 1441(19%). The remaining were 1317(17%), 828(11%), 275(3%) and 168(2%) were waste water workers, solid waste collectors, waste collectors with sewage workers and street sweeper with waste collectors, respectively. From reviewed of occupational related outcomes (50), occupational respiratory diseases studies were accounted about 26 (52%) studies and followed by gastro-enteritis disease 14 (28%) related studies. The remaining studies were focused on both gastroenteritis and respiratory conditions 4 (8%); multiple health problem 3 (6%); gastroenteritis, Respiratory, and mental and Socials conditions 2(4%); and one study was focused on Mental health conditions of sanitary workers Conclusion: Despite a large number of studies, there is limited evidence to date of the occupational health diseases faced by sanitation workers. Nevertheless, the research to date provides suggestive evidence of elevated occupational related risk among sanitation workers. More research is needed to improve the current bodies of evidence for all included health outcomes to be able to quantify disease burden among sanitary workers.

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High incidence of asymptomatic leptospirosis among urban sanitation workers from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Global systematic review of occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitation and hygiene workers

Global systematic review of occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitation and hygiene workers

A Rare Case of Leptospirosis-Induced Liver Injury in an Urban Setting

Occupational Diseases among Sanitary Workers in Worldwide: Systematic Review

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