An Outbreak of Milk-Borne Hemolytic Streptococcic Infection

Milk-borne campylobacter infection.

The common factor in 13 recent outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis was the consumption of unpasteurised or incompletely pasteurised milk. C jejuni is a common commensal in the alimentary tract of milking cows, but it is not clear how the milk becomes contaminated with the organism. Pasteurisation will readily eliminate the organism from milk. In England and Wales 3% of milk retailed is ...

An Outbreak of Typhoid Fever Due to Milk Infection

A consideration of the Edinburgh notification statistics tends to show that the season of greatest prevalence of typhoid fever is during the three autumnal months?September, October, and November. This coincides generally with the statistics of other places in the United Kingdom, and also with Buchan and Mitchell's curve, based on the mortality returns of London. In fact, typhoid fever remains ...

Outbreak of food-borne infection with hepatitis A virus.

Three cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection were successively reported to the Niigata City Public Health and Sanitation Center (the Niigata City Public Health) by clinics in Niigata City, Japan on May 15 and 16, 2006. Another case of HAV infection was reported to the Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Public Health Center on May 10, 2006. The Niigata City Public Health suspected a mass outbreak o...

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome After an Escherichia coli O111 Outbreak.

BACKGROUND In August 2008, the largest known US serotype 1 Escherichia coli O111 outbreak occurred in Oklahoma, causing 341 illnesses, including hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is not well described in non-O157 E coli outbreaks but occurs in 2% to 15% of O157 infections, predominantly among children. We examined outbreak-related hospitalizations to characterize E coli O111 illness, the HUS...

An outbreak of abortion associated with equine rhinopneumonitis viral infection in Iran