Plesiomonas shigelloides and Salmonella serotype Hartford infections associated with a contaminated water supply--Livingston County, New York, 1996.
On June 24, 1996, the Livingston County (New York) Department of Health (LCDOH) was notified of a cluster of diarrheal illness following a party on June 22, at which approximately 30 persons had become ill. This report summarizes the findings of the investigation, which implicated water contaminated with Plesiomonas shigelloides and Salmonella serotype Hartford as the cause of the outbreak.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply