الفهرس 
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Abstract
Foodbome diseases are an important group of infections and intoxications that may manifest themselves in a mild fonn or as serious conditions often ending in death. Unfortunately an increase in the incidence of foodbome diseases has been noticeable almost allover the world in recent years. I} This study was carried out to accumulate base-line data on the i occurrence of common foodbome diseases in Alexandria govemorate and I to study the actual factors that contribute to their spread, as well as to detennine foods presumbly associated with them and place where these foods were presumbly mishandled. The present study wa~ conducted over a period of one year starting from September 94 till August 95, which was proceeded by a pilot study for two months to prepare the most appropriate case report fonn (Questionnaire) for collection of the required infonnation on these diseases. This study focused on certain foodbome diseases including microbial and chemical food poisoning, typhoid and paratyphoid fever, brucellosis, hepatitis A as well as parasitic foodbome diseases. This study was carried out in two major hospitals in Alexandria govemorate, Alexandria fever hospitals and Alexandria main university hospital (poison I center) beside five different clinical laboratories . Data on these diseases for the previous five years (from 1990 till 1994) were collected from the records of these two hospitals. I1 A total of 122 foodbome disease cases admitted to the two hospitals were interviewed during the study period, where detailed study was done with them by filling the case report fonn. The results of the present study revealed that: 1. A total of 12242 foodborne disease cases were recorded during the last five. years (from 1990 till 1994), and their incidence was increasing annually from 2048 cases during 1990 to 2542 cases during 1994. Moreover, higher number of cases (2838 cases) was recorded during the study period (from September 1994 till August 1995). 2. The recorded foodborne disease cases showed that males were affected at higher rates than females which constituted 54.3