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The Lancet

Volume 318, Issue 8242, 15 August 1981, Pages 352-354
The Lancet

Public Health
WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS OF CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS IN CENTRAL SWEDEN

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Abstract

In an outbreak of enteritis affecting about 2000 people in central Sweden Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from the faeces of 221 of 263 patients whose stools were cultured. Among the patients who consulted general practitioners the highest attack rate was in children under five years old but a sample survey of the community showed that all age groups were equally affected. There was strong circumstantial evidence pointing to tap water as the source of the infection, although this was not bacteriologically confirmed. This is only the second major waterborne outbreak of campylobacter enteritis that has been reported.

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