Vero Cytotoxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 Gastroenteritis in Farm Visitors, North Wales

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Payne, Christopher J.I. ; Petrovic, Marko ; Roberts, Richard J. ; Paul, Ashish ; Linnane, Eithne ; Walker, Mark ; Kirby, David ; Burgess, Anthony ; Smith, Robert M.M. ; Cheasty, Thomas ; Willshaw, Geraldine ; Salmon, Roland L.
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• Description:
  An outbreak of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC O157) gastroenteritis in visitors to an open farm in North Wales resulted in 17 primary and 7 secondary cases of illness. E. coli O157 Vero cytotoxin type 2, phage type 2 was isolated from 23 human cases and environmental animal fecal samples. A case-control study of 16 primary case-patients and 36 controls (all children) showed a significant association with attendance on the 2nd day of a festival, eating ice cream or cotton candy (candy floss), and contact with cows or goats. On multivariable analysis, only the association between illness and ice cream (odds ratio OR=11.99, 95% confidence interval CI 1.04 to 137.76) and cotton candy (OR=51.90, 95% CI 2.77 to 970.67) remained significant. In addition to supervised handwashing, we recommend that foods on open farms only be eaten in dedicated clean areas and that sticky foods be discouraged.
• Subjects:
  • Research
  • Case-control studies
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • risk factors
  • food handling
  • zoonoses
  • gastroenteritis
  • farms
  • research
  • Adult
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(5):526-530.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  5
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  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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