Gastroenteritis associated with oysters.
An outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred in catering students attending three classes at a Yorkshire college in February 1994. The three classes were held on the Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday of the same week and had identical menus. Thirty-seven of the 90 students were affected. A cohort study, with a 94% response rate, showed a highly significant association of illness with the consumption of raw oysters grown in English coastal waters.
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Department of Public Health Medicine, Barnsley Health Authorities.
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D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003296:Cooking; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England; D005513:Food Inspection; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities