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A foodborne outbreak due to Cryptosporidium parvum in Helsinki, November 2008.
- Source :
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2009 Jul 16; Vol. 14 (28). Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jul 16. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We report the first foodborne outbreak caused by Cryptosporidium parvum in Finland. The outbreak occurred among personnel of the Public Works Department in Helsinki, who had eaten in the same canteen. 72 persons fell ill with diarrhoea, none was hospitalised. Four faecal samples obtained from 12 ill persons were positive for Cryptosporidium by an antigen identification assay and microscopy. The vehicle of infection could not be identified with certainty but a salad mixture was suspected.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Animals
Case-Control Studies
Feces parasitology
Female
Finland epidemiology
Food Handling
Foodborne Diseases parasitology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Retrospective Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vegetables parasitology
Cryptosporidiosis epidemiology
Cryptosporidium parvum isolation & purification
Disease Outbreaks
Food Parasitology
Foodborne Diseases epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 28
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19607781
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.28.19269-en