title: Gastroenteritis outbreak at holiday resort, central Italy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo and Molise "G. Caporale," Teramo, Italy. g.migliorati@izs.it
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Migliorati
authors.forename: Vincenza
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prencipe
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ripani
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casaccia
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crudeli
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Maria Maddalena
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Marconi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marfoglia
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Melai
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savini
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scortichini
authors.forename: Primula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Semprini
authors.forename: Franco Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
mesh_terms: 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