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Examining vulnerability to foodborne illness: A comprehensive review of “clinically vulnerable groups"

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Appendix 1: Bibliographic databases search strategy

Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate)

TS=Topic search

(TS=(“vulnerable populations” OR “vulnerable people” OR “clinically vulnerable groups” OR underserved OR disadvantaged OR marginalized OR minorit* OR underprivileged OR at-risk OR poverty OR poor OR “social status” OR “social class” OR “low-income population” OR inequality* OR “socioeconomic status” OR “socioeconomic factor*” OR deprivation)

OR TS=(elderly OR geriatric* OR senior OR gerontolog* OR (((age OR aged) NEAR/3 (over OR older) NEAR/2 (60 or 65 or 70 or 75 or 80 or 85 or 90 or 95))) OR (older NEAR/1 (adult$ OR m?n OR wom?n OR person$ OR people)) OR “middle age” OR (((Age OR aged) NEAR/3 (under OR younger) NEAR/2 (5 OR 4 OR 3 OR 2 OR 1))) OR kindergarten OR “child day care” OR “child care” OR preschool OR “nursery school” OR infancy OR newborn*OR new-born OR infan* OR neonate* OR baby OR babies OR toddler* OR preschool* OR child* OR young* OR youth*)

OR TS=(diabet* OR “liver disease*” OR cirrhosis OR “kidney disease*” OR alcohol* OR hiv OR “human immunodeficiency virus” OR aids OR “autoimmune diseases” OR cancer* OR transplant* OR stress OR “gastrointestinal disease*” OR “crohn disease” OR “crohn’s disease” OR hyperlipoproteinemia OR “bowel disease” OR “bowel syndrome” OR “bowel disorder” OR malnutrition OR “nutritional deficienc*” OR undernutrition OR malnourish* OR “food insecurity” OR pregnancy OR smoking OR vaping OR “protein-pump inhibitor*” OR ppi OR “gastro-oesophageal reflux” OR immunosuppress* OR immunocompromised OR hypogammaglobulinemia OR immunodeficient* OR immunosuppressant* OR neoplasm OR ulcer* OR coeliac OR gastritis OR arthritis OR “immunologic factors”))

AND (TS=(food OR foodborn* OR food-born* OR “foodborn* disease*” OR “food contamination*” OR “food poisoning*”)) AND (TS=(campylobacter* OR “campylobacter infection*” OR salmonell* OR “salmonella infections*” OR escherichia OR “e. coli” OR stec OR o157 OR non-o157 OR “escherichia coli infections” OR listeria OR listerios* OR norovirus OR caliciviridae OR “norwalk virus” OR “norovirus infections” OR toxoplasm*))

AND (TS=(australia OR austria OR “baltic states” OR belgium OR canada OR “czech republic” OR denmark OR estonia OR finland OR france OR germany OR greece OR hungary OR iceland OR ireland OR italy OR latvia OR luxembourg OR netherlands OR “new zealand” OR norway OR poland OR portugal OR scandinavia OR “slovak republic” OR slovenia OR spain OR sweden OR switzerland OR “united states” OR “western europe” OR “european union” OR “united kingdom” OR britain OR england OR scotland OR wales))

AND (TS=(incidence* OR prevalence OR outbreak* OR endemic* OR rate* OR occurrence* OR epidemic* OR epidemiolog*OR frequenc* OR case* OR infection* OR hospitali*))

Publication type=Journal Article

CABI: CAB Abstracts and Global Health (Clarivate)

TS=Topic search, DE=Descriptors search

(TS=(“vulnerable populations” OR “vulnerable people” OR “clinically vulnerable groups” OR underserved OR disadvantaged OR marginalized OR minorit* OR underprivileged OR at-risk OR poverty OR poor OR “social status” OR “social class” OR “low-income population” OR inequality* OR “socioeconomic status” OR “socioeconomic factor*” OR deprivation)

OR TS=(elderly OR geriatric* OR senior OR gerontolog* OR (((age OR aged) NEAR/3 (over OR older) NEAR/2 (60 or 65 or 70 or 75 or 80 or 85 or 90 or 95))) OR (older NEAR/1 (adult$ OR m?n OR wom?n OR person$ OR people)) OR “middle age” OR (((Age OR aged) NEAR/3 (under OR younger) NEAR/2 (5 OR 4 OR 3 OR 2 OR 1))) OR kindergarten OR “child day care” OR “child care” OR preschool OR “nursery school” OR infancy OR newborn*OR new-born OR infan* OR neonate* OR baby OR babies OR toddler* OR preschool* OR child* OR young* OR youth*)

OR TS=(diabet* OR “liver disease*” OR cirrhosis OR “kidney disease*” OR alcohol* OR hiv OR “human immunodeficiency virus” OR aids OR “autoimmune diseases” OR cancer* OR transplant* OR stress OR “gastrointestinal disease*” OR “crohn disease” OR “crohn’s disease” OR hyperlipoproteinemia OR “bowel disease” OR “bowel syndrome” OR “bowel disorder” OR malnutrition OR “nutritional deficienc*” OR undernutrition OR malnourish* OR “food insecurity” OR pregnancy OR smoking OR vaping OR “protein-pump inhibitor*” OR ppi OR “gastro-oesophageal reflux” OR immunosuppress* OR immunocompromised OR hypogammaglobulinemia OR immunodeficient* OR immunosuppressant* OR neoplasm OR ulcer* OR coeliac OR gastritis OR arthritis OR “immunologic factors”))

AND (TS=(food OR foodborn* OR food-born* OR “foodborn* disease*” OR “food contamination*” OR “food poisoning*”)) AND (TS=(campylobacter* OR “campylobacter infection*” OR salmonell* OR “salmonella infections*” OR escherichia OR “e. coli” OR stec OR o157 OR non-o157 OR “escherichia coli infections” OR listeria OR listerios* OR norovirus OR caliciviridae OR “norwalk virus” OR “norovirus infections” OR toxoplasm*))

AND (TS=(incidence* OR prevalence OR outbreak* OR endemic* OR rate* OR occurrence* OR epidemic* OR epidemiolog*OR frequenc* OR case* OR infection* OR hospitali*))

AND (TS=(australia OR austria OR “baltic states” OR belgium OR canada OR “czech republic” OR denmark OR estonia OR finland OR france OR germany OR greece OR hungary OR iceland OR ireland OR italy OR latvia OR luxembourg OR netherlands OR “new zealand” OR norway OR poland OR portugal OR scandinavia OR “slovak republic” OR slovenia OR spain OR sweden OR switzerland OR “united states” OR “western europe” OR “european union” OR “united kingdom” OR britain OR england OR scotland OR wales)) 

AND (DE=(man))

Document type=Journal Article

MEDLINE (Clarivate)

TS=Topic search, MH=MeSH Heading search

(TS=(“vulnerable populations” OR “vulnerable people” OR “clinically vulnerable groups” OR underserved OR disadvantaged OR marginalized OR minorit* OR underprivileged OR at-risk OR poverty OR poor OR “social status” OR “social class” OR “low-income population” OR inequality* OR “socioeconomic status” OR “socioeconomic factor*” OR deprivation)

OR TS=(elderly OR geriatric* OR senior OR gerontolog* OR (((age OR aged) NEAR/3 (over OR older) NEAR/2 (60 or 65 or 70 or 75 or 80 or 85 or 90 or 95))) OR (older NEAR/1 (adult$ OR m?n OR wom?n OR person$ OR people)) OR “middle age” OR (((Age OR aged) NEAR/3 (under OR younger) NEAR/2 (5 OR 4 OR 3 OR 2 OR 1))) OR kindergarten OR “child day care” OR “child care” OR preschool OR “nursery school” OR infancy OR newborn*OR new-born OR infan* OR neonate* OR baby OR babies OR toddler* OR preschool* OR child* OR young* OR youth*)

OR TS=(diabet* OR “liver disease*” OR cirrhosis OR “kidney disease*” OR alcohol* OR hiv OR “human immunodeficiency virus” OR aids OR “autoimmune diseases” OR cancer* OR transplant* OR stress OR “gastrointestinal disease*” OR “crohn disease” OR “crohn’s disease” OR hyperlipoproteinemia OR “bowel disease” OR “bowel syndrome” OR “bowel disorder” OR malnutrition OR “nutritional deficienc*” OR undernutrition OR malnourish* OR “food insecurity” OR pregnancy OR smoking OR vaping OR “protein-pump inhibitor*” OR ppi OR “gastro-oesophageal reflux” OR immunosuppress* OR immunocompromised OR hypogammaglobulinemia OR immunodeficient* OR immunosuppressant* OR neoplasm OR ulcer* OR coeliac OR gastritis OR arthritis OR “immunologic factors”))

AND (TS=(food OR foodborn* OR food-born* OR “foodborn* disease*” OR “food contamination*” OR “food poisoning*”)) AND (TS=(campylobacter* OR “campylobacter infection*” OR salmonell* OR “salmonella infections*” OR escherichia OR “e. coli” OR stec OR o157 OR non-o157 OR “escherichia coli infections” OR listeria OR listerios* OR norovirus OR caliciviridae OR “norwalk virus” OR “norovirus infections” OR toxoplasm*))

AND (TS=(incidence* OR prevalence OR outbreak* OR endemic* OR rate* OR occurrence* OR epidemic* OR epidemiolog*OR frequenc* OR case* OR infection* OR hospitali*))
AND (TS=(australia OR austria OR “baltic states” OR belgium OR canada OR “czech republic” OR denmark OR estonia OR finland OR france OR germany OR greece OR hungary OR iceland OR ireland OR italy OR latvia OR luxembourg OR netherlands OR “new zealand” OR norway OR poland OR portugal OR scandinavia OR “slovak republic” OR slovenia OR spain OR sweden OR switzerland OR “united states” OR “western europe” OR “european union” OR “united kingdom” OR britain OR england OR scotland OR wales))

AND (MH=(humans))

Publication type=Journal Article

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