Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation in a High-Profile Sports Club

• Main Authors: Kwendy Cavanagh (Author), Travers Johnstone (Author), Essi Huhtinen (Author), Zeina Najjar (Author), Peter Lorentzos (Author), Craig Shadbolt (Author), John Shields (Author), Leena Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract A foodborne illness outbreak involving an elite sports team was investigated by a public health unit in Sydney, Australia. An epidemiological association was established between gastrointestinal illness and the consumption of food supplied by an external caterer, with a lamb meal most stron...