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Long-lasting Campylobacter jejuni contamination of milk associated with gastrointestinal illness in a farming family

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2005

M. SCHILDT ,
S. SAVOLAINEN  and
M.-L. HÄNNINEN
M. SCHILDT
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Environment Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University, Finland
S. SAVOLAINEN
Affiliation:
Haapavesi City, Haapavesi, Finland
M.-L. HÄNNINEN
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Environment Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University, Finland
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Abstract

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This report describes an outbreak of gastroenteritis of 5 months' duration in a farming family, associated with the consumption of unpasteurized cows' milk, where Campylobacter jejuni was implicated. A total of six individuals in the family acquired the illness, and two had several episodes of diarrhoea within the 5-month period. Identical PFGE genotypes of C. jejuni were isolated from human and bovine faeces, and bulk tank milk samples. Incompletely sealed rubber liners fitted to a milking machine shortly before the outbreak started was the probable reason, allowing faecal material to contaminate the milk over the period concerned.

Type
Short Report
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 134 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 401 - 405
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press