A WATERBORNE OUTBREAK OF LEPTOSPIROSIS

Cacciapuoti, B. (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy), L. Ciceroni, C. Maffel, F. Di Stanislao, P. Strusi, L. Calegari, R. Lupidi, G. Scalise, G. Cagnoni, and G. Renga. A waterborne outbreak of leptospirosis. Am J Epidemiol 1987;126:535–45. During the period from July 10–26, 1984, 33 cas...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1987-09, Vol.126 (3), p.535-545
Main Authors: CACCIAPUOTI, BENIAMINO, CICERONI, LORENZO, MAFFEI, CLAUDIO, STANISLAO, FRANCESCO DI, STRUSI, PATRIZIA, CALEGARI, LETIZIA, LUPIDI, REMO, SCALISE, GIORGIO, CAGNONI, GIORGIO, RENGA, GIOVANNI
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
Hedgehogs - microbiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Italy
Leptospira - isolation & purification
Leptospira interrogans
leptospirosis
Leptospirosis - epidemiology
Leptospirosis - immunology
Leptospirosis - transmission
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
respiratory distress syndrome
Risk
Sex Factors
Water Microbiology
water pollution
zoonoses
Zoonoses - microbiology
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Summary:Cacciapuoti, B. (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy), L. Ciceroni, C. Maffel, F. Di Stanislao, P. Strusi, L. Calegari, R. Lupidi, G. Scalise, G. Cagnoni, and G. Renga. A waterborne outbreak of leptospirosis. Am J Epidemiol 1987;126:535–45. During the period from July 10–26, 1984, 33 cases of serologically confirmed leptospirosis occurred in a small town in central Italy. The fatality rate, including the deaths of two unconfirmed cases, was 8.6% (3 of 35). Based on serologic evidence, the infection was caused by leptospires of the serogroup Australis. Epidemiologic study showed that the patients contracted the infection by drinking water from a fountain. The source of leptospiral contamination was probably a hedgehog trapped in a reservoir of water not in use but still connected to the water system of the fountain.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114686