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An outbreak of paratyphoid fever in the UK associated with a fish-and-chip shop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

S. Francis ,
J. Rowland ,
K. Rattenbury ,
D. Powell ,
W. N. Rogers ,
L. Ward  and
S. R. Palmer
S. Francis
Affiliation:
Mid-Glamorgan Health Authority St David's Hospital Pontypridd, South Wales
J. Rowland
Affiliation:
Mid-Glamorgan Health Authority St David's Hospital Pontypridd, South Wales
K. Rattenbury
Affiliation:
Ogwr Borough Council
D. Powell
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend,
W. N. Rogers
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend,
L. Ward
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London,
S. R. Palmer
Affiliation:
PHLS Epidemiology Unit, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Rd, Cardiff CF1 152
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An outbreak of Salmonella paratyphi B infection in the UK associated with a fish-and-chip shop is reported. The source of infection for the first three cases was believed to be a food handler who was infected overseas 6 years earlier. His wife whose faeces and urine were originally culture negative continued to run the shop but subsequently her faeces became positive on one occasion. She was considered to have been the source of two further cases, and secondary household spread of infection from these two cases resulted in one symptomatic and two asymptomatic infections. A second household contact of the proprietor also became a faecal excretor 2 months later. We recommend that food handlers living in households or in intimate contact with eases or carriers of S. paratyphi B should be put off work until all household contacts cease excreting the organism.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 103 , Issue 3 , December 1989 , pp. 445 - 448
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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