Campylobacter outbreak associated with raw drinking milk, North West England, 2016
| Autor: | E. Forester, C. Swift, Valerie Decraene, J. Kenyon, John Astbury, Heather Aird, Thomas Inns |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Microbiological Techniques 0301 basic medicine food-borne infections Epidemiology medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Foodborne Diseases Hygiene Campylobacter Infections Child media_common education.field_of_study Campylobacter raw milk food and beverages Middle Aged Raw milk Milk Infectious Diseases Geography England Child Preschool Female Adult medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject 030106 microbiology Population Campylobacteriosis Food Contamination Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health medicine Animals Humans education Aged Retrospective Studies Original Paper outbreak Public health Infant Outbreak Sequence Analysis DNA medicine.disease Molecular Typing 030104 developmental biology Cattle Warning label |
| Zdroj: | EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION Epidemiology and Infection |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0950268820000096 |
| Popis: | In December 2016, Public Health England investigated an outbreak of campylobacteriosis in North West England, with 69 cases in total. Epidemiological, microbiological and environmental investigations associated the illness with the consumption of unpasteurised cows' milk from Farm X, where milk was predominantly sold from a vending machine. Campylobacter was detected in milk samples which, when sequenced, were identical in sequence type as pathogens isolated from cases (Clonal Complex ST-403, Sequence Type 7432). The farm was served with a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order to prevent further cases. To our knowledge, this is the first outbreak of campylobacter associated with unpasteurised milk in England since 1996. Our findings highlighted several important lessons, including that the current testing regime in England for unpasteurised milk is not fit for purpose and that the required warning label should include additional wording, underscoring the risk to vulnerable groups. There has been a substantial increase in both the volume of unpasteurised milk consumed in England and the use of vending machines to sell unpasteurised milk over the last 10 years, making unpasteurised milk more readily accessible to a wider population. The evidence generated from outbreaks like this is therefore critical and should be used to influence policy development. |
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