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A milk-borne outbreak due to Salmonella dublin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. G. Small  and
J. C. M. Sharp
R. G. Small
Affiliation:
Community Medicine Specialist, Tayside Health Board
J. C. M. Sharp
Affiliation:
Consultant Epidemiologist, Communicable Disease (Scotland) Unit, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow
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Salmonella dublin is primarily adapted to bovines and is a relatively rare cause of human illness. An outbreak is described in which it was estimated that at least 700 persons were infected from milk which had not been subjected to heat treatment. Although the organism was isolated from retail samples of milk, investigations at the dairy farm were inconclusive and a number of questions are posed. Attention is drawn to the value of inter-disciplinary cooperation in the investigation of the outbreak.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 95 - 100
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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