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A point source outbreak of campylobacter infection related to bird-pecked milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

T. Riordan ,
T. J. Humphrey  and
A. Fowles
T. Riordan
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Church Lane, Exeter EX2 5AD
T. J. Humphrey
Affiliation:
The Food Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Church Lane, Exeter EX2 5AD
A. Fowles
Affiliation:
Department of Control of Infection, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford), Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 110 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 261 - 265
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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