A waterborne outbreak of campylobacteriosis in the South Island of New Zealand due to a failure to implement a multi-barrier approach

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 555-563

  Bartholomew, Nadia ^a   Brunton, Cheryl ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a   Williamson, Judy ^a   Gilpin, Brent ^b  

^a CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Drinking water; Gastroenteritis; Multi barrier approach; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GASTROENTERITIS; INFECTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; POPULATION OUTBREAK; WATER SUPPLY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY; WATER MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; DARFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906864963     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.155     Document Type: Article

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