Challenges of Investigating Community Outbreaks of Cyclosporiasis, British Columbia, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Shah, Lena ; MacDougall, Laura ; Ellis, Andrea ; Ong, Corinne ; Shyng, Sion ; LeBlanc, Linda
• Corporate Authors:
  British Columbia Cyclospora Investigation Team
• Description:
  Investigations of community outbreaks of cyclosporiasis are challenged by case-patients' poor recall of exposure resulting from lags in detection and the stealthy nature of food vehicles. We combined multiple techniques, including early consultation with food regulators, traceback of suspected items, and grocery store loyalty card records, to identify a single vehicle for a cyclosporiasis outbreak in British Columbia, Canada, in 2007.
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Communicable Diseases, Emerging Community-Acquired Infections Cyclosporiasis Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Food Parasitology Humans Male Ocimum Basilicum

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(8):1286-1288.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  British Columbia, Canada ; Mexico
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2c1e1dd0968adf9e3ef4a8234081e6a8733e244aa7c5574a73fc053d0b5a305b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17488/cdc_17488_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 398.92 KB ]