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GuiaVETA
Guidelines of Surveillance System for Foodborne Diseases and Investigation of Outbreaks

ANNEX A

The following grouping of FBDs is based on the modified Bryan classification (Table 1) and the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ¹. The list is recommended in organizing FBD surveillance systems in Latin America.

ICD Code Disease

001 Cholera

002 Typhoid and paratyphoid fever

003 Salmonellosis. Other `salmonella` infections include: infection or food poisoning by salmonella (of any serotype)

004 Shigellosis

005 Other food poisoning (bacterial). Excludes toxic effect of noxious foods (988), salmonella infections (003)

005.0 Food poisoning due to Staphylococcus

005.1 Botulism

005.2 Food poisoning due to Clostridium perfringes

005.4 Food poisoning by Vibrio parahaemolyticus

005.8 Other bacterial food poisoning. Food poisoning due to Bacillus cereus. Excludes: food poisoning due to Salmonella (003)

005.9 Food poisoning, unspecified

006 Amebiasis

007.0 Balantidiasis

007.1 Giardiasis

008 Intestinal infections due to others microorganisms.

008.0 Escherichia coli

008.1 Arizona

008.2 Aerobacter aerogenes

008.3 Proteus (mirabilis). Proteus morganii

008.4 Other specified bacteria

008.5 Bacterial enteritis, unspecified

008.6 Enteritis due to specified viruses (adenovirus and enterovirus)

022.2 Gastrointestinal anthrax

023.0 Brucellosis by Brucella melitensis

023.1 Brucellosis by Brucella abortus

025 Melioidosis

027.0 Listeria infection

027.8 Yersiniosis, Campilobacteriosis

045 Acute poliomyelitis

070.1 Viral hepatitis A without mention of hepatic coma

100 Leptospirosis

120 Schistosomiasis

121.3 Fascioliasis

122.4 Hydatidosis by E. granulosus without other specification

123.0 Infection by Taenia solium, intestinal form

123.1 Cysticercosis (infection by Cysticercus cellulosae, [larval form of T. solium)

123.2 Infection by Taenia saginata

123.4 Intestinal Diphyllobotriasis, (D. latum or pacificum)

123.6 Hymenolepiasis (nana)

124 Trichinosis

127.0 Ascariasis (A. lumbricoides)

127.1 Anisakiasis. Infection by Anisakis larva

127.3 Trichuriasis

128.0 Toxocariasis

128.8 Other. [Capilariasis (C. hepatica)]

130 Toxoplasmosis

136.8 Others: [Cryptosporidiosis]

984 Toxic effect of lead and its compounds (including fumes)

985 Toxic effect of other metals

985.0 Mercury and its compounds

985.1 Poisoning by arsenic and its compounds

985.4 Antimony and its compounds

985.5 Cadmium and its compounds

985.8 Other

988 Toxic effect of noxious substances ingested as food (Excluding: toxic effects of food contaminants such as: aflatoxin and another mycotoxin (989.7), mercury (985.0) food poisoning (bacterial) (005), allergic reaction to food, such as: rash (692.5, 693.1), gastroenteritis (558)

988.0 Fish and shellfish

988.1 Mushrooms

988.2 Berries and other plants

988.9 Unspecified

989.0 Hydrocyanic acid and cyanides. Potassium cyanide [(ingestion of bitter cassava (manihot utilissima))]

989.2 Chlorinated hydrocarbons; for example: Aldrin, Chlordane, DDT, Dieldrin

989.3 Organophosphate and carbamate; for example: Carbaryl, Dichlorvos, Parathion

989.7 Aflatoxin and other mycotoxin [food contaminants]

E865 Accidental poisoning from foodstuffs and poisonous plants. Including food additives and contaminants; any meat, fish, or shellfish; plants, berries, and fungi eaten as, or in mistake for, food, or by a child. Excluding: poisoning and toxic reactions to venomous plants (E905.6, E905.7), food poisoning (bacterial) (005)

E865.0 Meat

E865.1 Shellfish

E865.2 Fish

E865.3 Berries and seeds

E865.4 Other plants

E865.5 Mushrooms and other fungi

E865.8 Other foods

E865.9 Unspecified

^1. For a more in-depth review see Bryan, F.L. (1975).Diseases Transmitted by Foods (A Classification and Summary). Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.