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. 2008 Mar;14(3):474-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1403.070121.

Gastroenteritis outbreak at holiday resort, central Italy

Giacomo Migliorati  1 , Vincenza Prencipe, Alessandro Ripani, Cristina Di Francesco, Claudia Casaccia, Silvia Crudeli, Nicola Ferri, Armando Giovannini, Maria Maddalena Marconi, Cristina Marfoglia, Valeria Melai, Giovanni Savini, Giampiero Scortichini, Primula Semprini, Franco Maria Ruggeri
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Gastroenteritis outbreak at holiday resort, central Italy

Giacomo Migliorati et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

During the summer of 2003, a gastroenteritis outbreak spread throughout a holiday resort in central Italy. Fecally contaminated groundwater and seawater were leaking into the non-drinking-water system, which was found to be connected to the drinking-water system of a large resort. This contamination had a primary role in the onset of the outbreak and spread of the infection.

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Figure 1
A) Geographic distribution of ammonia residues, central Italy, 2003. Large dots indicate location of wells tested. N.D., not detectable. B) Map of resort area, showing areas of water storage and use.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Epidemic curve of cases studied, central Italy, 2003.
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