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- Title
Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak associated with a contaminated food container in a school in Sichuan Province, China.
- Authors
LIU, L. G.; ZHOU, X. Y.; LAN, Z.; LI, L.; LI, Z.; CHEN, W.; WANG, J. Y.; ZHANG, L. J.
- Abstract
On 13 June 2013, a fever and diarrhoea outbreak occurred in a boarding school in Sichuan Province. We conducted a field investigation and compared food exposure of 81 case students and 104 control students (years 7 and 8) in order to identify the source of infection. There were 401 cases identified (399 students and two cooks). The attack rates were 23–46% in nursery, primary, and secondary schools, but 0% in the high school. Eighty-five percent of case students, consumed cowpea salad compared to 60% of control students at lunch on 12 June (odds ratio 3·1, 95% confidence interval 1·3–7·8). The cowpeas were stored at room temperature for 3 h in a bucket previously used to store raw ingredients. The bucket was cleaned using water without a disinfectant. There were two buckets of cowpea, one for the high-school students and another for the other students. This Salmonella outbreak was likely caused by the cowpea salad due to cross-contamination via a storage bucket.
- Subjects
CHINA; SALMONELLA typhimurium; MEDICAL microbiology; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2016, Vol 144, Issue 2, p285
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0950268815001387