Shigellosis Outbreak Associated With an Unchlorinated Fill-and-Drain Wading Pool—Iowa, 2001

After an outbreak of diarrhea in June, the Iowa Department of Public Health conducted an investigation into the connection between the illness and a large city park with a wading pool. A summary of the investigation's results, which implicated the inadequately disinfected wading pool as the sou...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 286; no. 16; pp. 1964 - 1965
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 24.10.2001
Subjects
Bacteria
Diarrhea
Parks & recreation areas
Swimming pools
United States > US
Iowa
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Summary:After an outbreak of diarrhea in June, the Iowa Department of Public Health conducted an investigation into the connection between the illness and a large city park with a wading pool. A summary of the investigation's results, which implicated the inadequately disinfected wading pool as the source of the outbreak, is presented with strategies for preventing such outbreaks. A CDC editorial note is included.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.286.16.1964-JWR1024-2-1