A POINT-SOURCE OUTBREAK OF CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTION RELATED TO BIRD-PECKED MILK

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作者
RIORDAN, T
HUMPHREY, TJ
FOWLES, A
机构
[1] PUBL HLTH LAB,FOOD UNIT,EXETER EX2 5AD,ENGLAND
[2] ROYAL DEVON & EXETER HOSP WONFORD,DEPT CONTROL INFECT,EXETER EX2 5DW,ENGLAND
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10.1017/S0950268800068187
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
A point source outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni affected 11 children in a day nursery. Milk consumed by the children was known to have been pecked by magpies on occasions. Illness was significantly associated with consumption of milk on a single morning. Examination of milk from a bottle pecked after the outbreak yielded campylobacters. The level of contamination was approximately six cells of C. jejuni per 500 ml of milk.
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