title: An outbreak of food-borne Campylobacter jejuni infection and the possible role of cross-contamination.
abstract: A point-source outbreak or campylobacter infection affected 24 of 51 delegates attending a business lunch. Failure to detect any specific vehicle for the infection led to observations of kitchen practice. Experiments demonstrated that cross-contamination as a result of handling raw and cooked food consecutively was a possible cause of the outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health Department, Macclesfield, Cheshire, U.K.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Barrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002645:Chickens; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat