Notes from the Field: Clostridium perfringensGastroenteritis Outbreak Associated with a Catered Lunch — North Carolina, November 2015
| Autor: | J Morrow, V Greene, A Didomenico, J. MacFarquhar, Jessica L. Rinsky, Carl Williams, E Berl, C Lúquez, G A Gómez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Food Safety Meat Health (social science) Clostridium perfringens Food Handling Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030106 microbiology Vital signs Disease Outbreaks Cohort Studies Foodborne Diseases Feces 03 medical and health sciences Health Information Management North Carolina Humans Medicine business.industry Public health Food Services General Medicine Gastroenteritis Audience measurement Diarrhea Lunch Relative risk Family medicine Gastroenteritis outbreak Clostridium Infections Food Microbiology medicine.symptom business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65:1300-1301 |
| ISSN: | 1545-861X 0149-2195 |
| Popis: | During November 2015, the North Carolina Division of Public Health was notified by the Pitt County Health Department (PCHD) that approximately 40 persons who attended a catered company Thanksgiving lunch the previous day were ill with diarrhea and abdominal pain. The North Carolina Division of Public Health and PCHD worked together to investigate the source of illness and implement control measures. Within hours of notification, investigators developed and distributed an online survey to all lunch attendees regarding symptoms and foods consumed and initiated a cohort study. A case of illness was defined as abdominal pain or diarrhea in a lunch attendee with illness onset |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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