Τίτλος:
A waterborne Campylobacter jejuni outbreak on a Greek island
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
A case-control and a case-crossover study were performed to investigate
a Campylobacter jejuni outbreak in Crete in 2009. Most cases originated
from rural areas, served by a different water-supply system from that of
the adjacent town. Thirty-seven cases and 79 controls were interviewed;
cases were interviewed for two different time periods for the
case-crossover study. Stool cultures, PFGE and MLST subtyping were run
in human samples. Univariately, consumption of tap water was associated
with C. jejuni infection. Stratified analysis revealed that water-supply
system was an effect modifier of this association. In the multivariable
analysis, the rural areas’ water supplier and drinking tap water were
risk factors. No risk factors were revealed in the case-crossover study.
No Campylobacter were isolated in the tested water samples. There is
strong epidemiological evidence that tap water was the vehicle of the
outbreak.
Συγγραφείς:
Karagiannis, I.
Sideroglou, T.
Gkolfinopoulou, K.
Tsouri, A.
and Lampousaki, D.
Velonakis, E. N.
Scoulica, E. V.
Mellou,
K.
Panagiotopoulos, T.
Bonovas, S.
Περιοδικό:
Epidemiology and Infection
Εκδότης:
Cambridge University Press
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Campylobacter; case-control study; case-crossover study; outbreak
investigation; waterborne
DOI:
10.1017/S0950268810002116
