Abstract
Beriberi is caused by thiamine deficiency. Early 20th century epidemics in Japan were attributed to rice contaminated by citreoviridin mycotoxin. Our investigation of an outbreak of beriberi in Brazil showed an association of beriberi with the consumption of poor quality subsistence farming rice, although, unlike other investigators of this outbreak, we did not identify citreoviridin producing fungi in the implicated rice.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Beriberi / blood
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Beriberi / drug therapy
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Beriberi / epidemiology*
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Brazil / epidemiology
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Case-Control Studies
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Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Female
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Food Contamination / analysis*
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Food Microbiology
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Fungi / isolation & purification
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Mycotoxins / analysis
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Oryza / microbiology*
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Risk Factors
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Thiamine / blood
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Thiamine / therapeutic use
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Young Adult