Table 1. Students/children and teachers reporting symptoms of gastroenteritis after consuming food provided by a central school kitchen to 17 preschools and schools, Sollentuna, Sweden April 2016 (n = 391).
Received warm meals | Received salad buffet | Teachers with GE symtomsa |
Students/children with GE symptomsa |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
School/preschool 1 | Yes | No | 0 | 0 |
School/preschool 2 | Yes | Yes | 8 | 1 |
School/preschool 3 | Yes | Yes | 5 | 15 |
School/preschool 4 | Yes | No | 0 | 0 |
School/preschool 5 | Yes | Yes | 3 | NA |
School/preschool 6 | Yes | Yes | 7 | 5 |
School/preschool 7 | Yes | Yes | 6 | 21 |
School/preschool 8 | Yes | Yes | 1 | 1 |
School/preschool 9 | Yes | No | 0 | 0 |
School/preschool 10 | Yes | Yes | 3 | 4 |
School/preschool 11 | Yes | Yes | 7 | 6 |
School/preschool 12 | Yes | Yes | 6 | 5 |
School/preschool 13 | Yes | Yes | 10 | 17 |
School/preschool 14 | Yes | Yes | 9 | 10 |
School/preschool 15 | Yes | Yes | 21 | 78 |
School/preschool 16 | Yes | Yes | 8 | 32 |
School/preschool 17 | Yes | Yes | 29 | 73 |
GE: gastroenteritis; NA: not available.
a Self-reported cases according to the school principals; these cases were not included in further analytical investigation since the individuals involved did not receive the web-based questionnaire.