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Waterborne outbreak of campylobacter enteritis after outdoors infantry drill in Utti, Finland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. Aho ,
M. Kurki ,
H. Rautelin  and
T. U. Kosunen
M. Aho
Affiliation:
National Teterinary Institute, P.O. Box 368, SF-00101 Helsinki, Finland
M. Kurki
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Supervision, South-East Military Area in Finland,P.O. Box 77, SF-45101 Kouvola, Finland
H. Rautelin
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, SF-00290 Helsinki, Finland
T. U. Kosunen
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, SF-00290 Helsinki, Finland
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Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, malaise and fever affected 75 of the 88 conscript soldiers in Utti, Finland after an outdoors infantry drill. Campylobacter jejuni, heat-stable serotype 3/43/59. was isolated from 37 out of 63 men investigated. A clear serological response was evident in the risk group and negligible in the control group. The entire population at risk was interviewed.

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Special Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , August 1989 , pp. 133 - 141
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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