1. Gastroenteritis Outbreak at Holiday Resort, Central Italy.
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Migliorati, Giacomo, Prencipe, Vincenza, Ripani, Alessandro, Di Francesco, Cristina, Casaccia, Claudia, Crudeli, Silvia, Ferri, Nicola, Giovannini, Armando, Marconi, Maria Maddalena, Marfoglia, Cristina, Melai, Valeria, Savini, Giovanni, Scortichini, Giampiero, Semprini, Primula, and Ruggeri, Franco Maria
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GASTROENTERITIS ,DISEASE outbreaks ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,CONTAMINATED sediments ,GASTROINTESTINAL diseases ,RESORTS - Abstract
During the summer of 2003, a gastroenteritis outbreak spread throughout a holiday resort in central Italy. Fecally contaminated groundwater and seawater were leaking into the non-drinking-water system, which was found to be connected to the drinking-water system of a large resort. This contamination had a primary role in the onset of the outbreak and spread of the infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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