An Outbreak of Shigellosis at an Outdoor Music Festival

An Outbreak of Shigellosis at an Outdoor Music Festival

In August 1988, an estimated 3,175 women who attended a 5-day outdoor music festival in Michigan became ill with gastroenteritis caused by Shigella sonnei. Onset of illness peaked 2 days after the festival ended, and patients were spread throughout the United States by the time the outbreak was reco...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of epidemiology 1991-03, Vol.133 (6), p.608-615
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Lisa A., Ostroff, Stephen M., McGee, Harry B., Johnson, David R., Downes, Frances P., Cameron, Daniel N., Bean, Nancy H., Griffin, Patricia M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Camping
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data
Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology
Dysentery, Bacillary - etiology
Dysentery, Bacillary - prevention & control
Female
food handling
Food Handling - standards
Food Microbiology
gastroenterities
Hand Disinfection - standards
handwashing
Holidays
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Michigan - epidemiology
Music
Risk Factors
Rural Population
Shigella sonnei
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toilet Facilities - standards
Water Microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:In August 1988, an estimated 3,175 women who attended a 5-day outdoor music festival in Michigan became ill with gastroenteritis caused by Shigella sonnei. Onset of illness peaked 2 days after the festival ended, and patients were spread throughout the United States by the time the outbreak was recognized. An uncooked tofu salad served on the last day was implicated as the outbreak vehicle (odds ratio = 3.4, p
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115933