A point source outbreak of campylobacter infection related to bird-pecked milk.
A point source outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni affected 11 children in a day nursery. Milk consumed by the children was known to have been pecked by magpies on occasions. Illness was significantly associated with consumption of milk on a single morning. Examination of milk from a bottle pecked after the outbreak yielded campylobacters. The level of contamination was approximately six cells of C. jejuni per 500 ml of milk.
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Public Health Laboratory, Exeter.
Humphrey
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Fowles
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D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D015047:Zoonoses