Skip to main content
PMC home page
Epidemiology and Infection logoLink to Epidemiology and Infection
. 1989 Aug;103(1):133–141. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800030430

Waterborne outbreak of Campylobacter enteritis after outdoors infantry drill in Utti, Finland.

M Aho 1, M Kurki 1, H Rautelin 1, T U Kosunen 1
PMCID: PMC2249494  PMID: 2776848

Abstract

Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, malaise and fever affected 75 of the 88 conscript soldiers in Utti, Finland after an outdoors infantry drill. Campylobacter jejuni, heat-stable serotype 3/43/59, was isolated from 37 out of 63 men investigated. A clear serological response was evident in the risk group and negligible in the control group. The entire population at risk was interviewed. The outbreak was associated with the consumption of untreated surface water. C. jejuni, heat-stable serotype 3/43/59, was isolated on two occasions from the water source.

Full text

PDF
136

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Blaser M. J., Hardesty H. L., Powers B., Wang W. L. Survival of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in biological milieus. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Apr;11(4):309–313. doi: 10.1128/jcm.11.4.309-313.1980. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Blaser M. J., Penner J. L., Wells J. G. Diversity of serotypes in outbreaks of enteritis due to Campylobacter jejuni. J Infect Dis. 1982 Dec;146(6):826–826. doi: 10.1093/infdis/146.6.826. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Bolton F. J., Coates D., Hutchinson D. N., Godfree A. F. A study of thermophilic campylobacters in a river system. J Appl Bacteriol. 1987 Feb;62(2):167–176. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1987.tb02395.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Broczyk A., Thompson S., Smith D., Lior H. Water-borne outbreak of Campylobacter laridis-associated gastroenteritis. Lancet. 1987 Jan 17;1(8525):164–165. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)92003-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Carter A. M., Pacha R. E., Clark G. W., Williams E. A. Seasonal occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in surface waters and their correlation with standard indicator bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1987 Mar;53(3):523–526. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.3.523-526.1987. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Gondrosen B. Survival of thermotolerant campylobacters in water. Acta Vet Scand. 1986;27(1):1–10. doi: 10.1186/BF03548554. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Hopkins R. S., Olmsted R., Istre G. R. Endemic Campylobacter jejuni infection in Colorado: identified risk factors. Am J Public Health. 1984 Mar;74(3):249–250. doi: 10.2105/ajph.74.3.249. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Kaijser B., Sjögren E. Campylobacter strains in Sweden. Serotyping and correlation to clinical symptoms. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand B. 1985 Aug;93(4):315–322. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Lior H. New, extended biotyping scheme for Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, and "Campylobacter laridis". J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Oct;20(4):636–640. doi: 10.1128/jcm.20.4.636-640.1984. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Melby K., Størvold G., Congi R. V., Penner J. L. Serotyping of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from sporadic cases and outbreaks in northern Norway. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand B. 1985 Apr;93(2):83–86. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1985.tb02856.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Penner J. L., Hennessy J. N. Passive hemagglutination technique for serotyping Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni on the basis of soluble heat-stable antigens. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Dec;12(6):732–737. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.6.732-737.1980. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Perkins-Jones K., Holman R. L., Frost F. Waterborne transmission of campylobacter. West J Med. 1982 Oct;137(4):339–339. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Pitkänen T., Pönkä A., Pettersson T., Kosunen T. U. Campylobacter enteritis in 188 hospitalized patients. Arch Intern Med. 1983 Feb;143(2):215–219. doi: 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350020033007. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Rautelin H. I., Kosunen T. U. Campylobacter etiology in human gastroenteritis demonstrated by antibodies to acid extract antigen. J Clin Microbiol. 1987 Oct;25(10):1944–1951. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.10.1944-1951.1987. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Rogol M., Sechter I., Falk H., Shtark Y., Alfi S., Greenberg Z., Mizrachi R. Waterborne outbreak of Campylobacter enteritis. Eur J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Dec;2(6):588–590. doi: 10.1007/BF02016571. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Sacks J. J., Lieb S., Baldy L. M., Berta S., Patton C. M., White M. C., Bigler W. J., Witte J. J. Epidemic campylobacteriosis associated with a community water supply. Am J Public Health. 1986 Apr;76(4):424–428. doi: 10.2105/ajph.76.4.424. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Skirrow M. B. Campylobacter enteritis: a "new" disease. Br Med J. 1977 Jul 2;2(6078):9–11. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6078.9. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Svedhem A., Kaijser B. Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni: a common cause of diarrhea in Sweden. J Infect Dis. 1980 Sep;142(3):353–359. doi: 10.1093/infdis/142.3.353. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Taylor D. N., McDermott K. T., Little J. R., Wells J. G., Blaser M. J. Campylobacter enteritis from untreated water in the Rocky Mountains. Ann Intern Med. 1983 Jul;99(1):38–40. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-99-1-38. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Vogt R. L., Sours H. E., Barrett T., Feldman R. A., Dickinson R. J., Witherell L. Campylobacter enteritis associated with contaminated water. Ann Intern Med. 1982 Mar;96(3):292–296. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-96-3-292. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Epidemiology and Infection are provided here courtesy of Cambridge University Press

RESOURCES