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Article: Outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infections associated with drinking unpasteurized milk procured through a cow-leasing program -- Wisconsin, 2001.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- June 28, 2002
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On December 7, 2001, the Sawyer County Department of Health and Human Services in northwestern Wisconsin notified the Wisconsin Division of Public Health about five cases of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis. All of the ill persons drank unpasteurized milk obtained at a local dairy farm. This report summarizes the investigation of these and other cases and of a cow-leasing program used to circumvent regulations prohibiting the sale of unpasteurized milk in Wisconsin. The outbreak highlights the hazards of consuming unpasteurized milk and milk products.
A case of C jejuni enteritis was defined as illness in a person from Sawyer County or a surrounding county who had ...