An acute gastroenteritis outbreak associated with a contaminated water supply system, Turkey, 2018

• Main Authors: Zeynep Özge Özgüler (Author), Nayak Priyakanta (Author), Serap Cetin Coban (Author), Mehmet Akif Sezerol (Author), Irshad Ali Shaikh (Author), Fehminaz Temel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Disruption of routine monitorization and chlorination of the water supply system during a week-long holiday led to a multi-organism gastroenteritis outbreak in a district with limited laboratory support. More than a 10-fold increase in patients with gastroenteritis was reported. Enteropathogenic Esc...