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An outbreak of food poisoning due to Salmonella typhi-murium with observations on the duration of infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Mary Lennox
Affiliation:
The Public Health Department, Barry, and thePublic Health Laboratory, Cardiff
R. W. S. Harvey
Affiliation:
The Public Health Department, Barry, and thePublic Health Laboratory, Cardiff
Scott Thomson
Affiliation:
The Public Health Department, Barry, and thePublic Health Laboratory, Cardiff
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In a school with 250 pupils all under the age of 10, sixty-four suffered from diarrhoea and abdominal pain. The victims sickened on 5 and 6 February, but it was not until 12 February that the first cases (bacteriologically confirmed) were notified to the Health Authority. All the notified cases were between the ages of 6 and 9 years and attended the same school. Older children, who attended other schools, were not affected.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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