An Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis at a Swimming Club — Vermont, 2004

John Snow's historic investigation of a severe epidemic of cholera traced the cause of infection to a common water source. Today, 150 years later, waterborne diseases remain a public health problem, and similar investigations are used to identify the source of infection. On February 3, 2004, th...

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Published inMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report Vol. 53; no. 34; pp. 793 - 795
Main Authors Glass, R, Schoenfeld, S, Thayer, N, Browne, L, Pugsley, N, Monroe, S, Oetjen, J, Podewils, L.J, Bresee, J, Amundson, M, Lohff, C, Beach, M, Burns, A, Widdowson, M.-A, Adams, S, Otto, C, Itani, D, Knight, W, Blevins, L. Zanardi
Format Journal Article Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 03.09.2004
U.S. Government Printing Office
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - transmission
Child
Child, Preschool
Chlorine
Cholera
Development and progression
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
Environmental health
Food poisoning
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - virology
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Maintenance
Middle Aged
Norovirus
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Swimming
Swimming Pools
Vermont - epidemiology
Vomiting
Water Microbiology
Water Purification
Vermont
United States
USA, Vermont
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Summary:John Snow's historic investigation of a severe epidemic of cholera traced the cause of infection to a common water source. Today, 150 years later, waterborne diseases remain a public health problem, and similar investigations are used to identify the source of infection. On February 3, 2004, the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) was notified of an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis among children whose only common exposure was attendance at a swimming club the previous weekend (January 31-February 1). This report summarizes the results of an investigation conducted by VDH and CDC, which determined the cause of the outbreak to be a combination of stool contamination, a blocked chlorine feed tube, and multiple lapses of pool-maintenance procedures. The findings underscore the importance of correct pool maintenance for rapid identification of water-quality problems to prevent outbreaks of swimming pool-associated illness.
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ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X