Gastroenteritis outbreak at holiday resort, central Italy.
During the summer of 2003, a gastroenteritis outbreak spread throughout a holiday resort in central Italy. Fecally contaminated groundwater and seawater were leaking into the non-drinking-water system, which was found to be connected to the drinking-water system of a large resort. This contamination had a primary role in the onset of the outbreak and spread of the infection.
Migliorati
Giacomo
G
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo and Molise "G. Caporale," Teramo, Italy. g.migliorati@izs.it
Prencipe
Vincenza
V
Ripani
Alessandro
A
Di Francesco
Cristina
C
Casaccia
Claudia
C
Crudeli
Silvia
S
Ferri
Nicola
N
Giovannini
Armando
A
Marconi
Maria Maddalena
MM
Marfoglia
Cristina
C
Melai
Valeria
V
Savini
Giovanni
G
Scortichini
Giampiero
G
Semprini
Primula
P
Ruggeri
Franco Maria
FM
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012623:Seawater; D013997:Time Factors; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014871:Water Microbiology / Q000592:standards