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A WATERBORNE SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM OUTBREAK IN GIDEON, MISSOURI: RESULTS FROM A FIELD INVESTIGATION
Citation:
Clark, R., E. Geldreich, C. Feld, E. Rice, C. Johnson, J. Goodrich, J. Barnick, F. Abdesaken, J. E. Hill, AND F. J. Angulo. A WATERBORNE SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM OUTBREAK IN GIDEON, MISSOURI: RESULTS FROM A FIELD INVESTIGATION. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH v.6(3):187-193, (1996).
Description:
A waterborne disease outbreak associated with Salmonella typhimurium was identified in Gideon, Missouri (population 1104), a town in southeastern Missouri (USA) in December, 1993. It was estimated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that approximately 44% of the city residents developed gastroenteritis during the outbreak. Data from the field investigation was used in a computer program to simulate operations in the water system and to implicate the source of contamination as bird feces in one of the elevated tanks.