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Article: Campylobacter jejuni infection associated with unpasteurized milk and cheese--Kansas, 2007.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- January 2, 2009
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On October 26, 2007, a family health clinic nurse informed the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that Campylobacter jejuni had been isolated from two ill persons from different families who were members of a closed community in a rural Kansas county. By October 29, 17 additional members of the community had reported gastrointestinal illness and visited the clinic within a week. All 19 persons reported consuming fresh cheese* on October 20 that was made the same day at a community fair from unpasteurized milk obtained from a local dairy. This report summarizes the findings of an investigation by KDHE and the local health department to determine the source ...