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Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 outbreak associated with likely transmission in an inflatable home paddling pool in England, June 2017
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Pereboom, M. T. R., Todkill, Daniel, Knapper, E., Jenkins, C., Hawker, J. and Coetzee, N. (2018) Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 outbreak associated with likely transmission in an inflatable home paddling pool in England, June 2017. Perspectives in Public Health, 138 (5). pp. 279-281. doi:10.1177/1757913918774072 ISSN 1757-9139.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757913918774072
Abstract
In June 2017, an outbreak of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 infection with phage type 21/28 and identical genotypic profiles involving three children from Staffordshire was reported. Two cases developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). Person-to-person transmission via a shared inflatable home paddling pool was the most likely route of infection, following contamination by the first case. The source of infection in the first case was not identified. We recommend that individuals experiencing gastroenteritis should not bathe in paddling pools and that water should be changed at frequent intervals throughout the day to minimise the spread of infection.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Perspectives in Public Health | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 1757-9139 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 September 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 138 | ||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 279-281 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1757913918774072 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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