Bottled beverages and typhoid fever: the Mexican epidemic of 1972-73

A chloramphenicol resistant strain of S. typhi which caused a very large epidemic of typhoid fever in Mexico in 1972-73 survived in opened bottles of one carbonated drink with a pH of 4.6 for two weeks and in another such drink with a pH of 5.1 for six months. Bottled beverages are potential sources...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1982-08, Vol.72 (8), p.844-845
Main Authors: Gonzalez-Cortes, A, Gangarosa, E J, Parrilla, C, Martin, W T, Espinosa-Ayala, A M, Ruiz, L, Bessudo, D, Hernandez-Arreortua, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beverages - adverse effects
Carbonated Beverages - adverse effects
Disease Outbreaks - epidemiology
Food Microbiology
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Mexico
Typhoid Fever - epidemiology
Typhoid Fever - etiology
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Summary:A chloramphenicol resistant strain of S. typhi which caused a very large epidemic of typhoid fever in Mexico in 1972-73 survived in opened bottles of one carbonated drink with a pH of 4.6 for two weeks and in another such drink with a pH of 5.1 for six months. Bottled beverages are potential sources of large outbreaks of enteric disease, and deserve the same type of standards sand monitoring as comparable fluids such as milk.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.72.8.844