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http://dx.doi.org/10.5393/JAMCH.2020.45.2.069

Epidemiological Investigation for Outbreak of Clostridium perfringens Enteritis among Students at a College in 2018  

Bae, Eun-Joo (Department Health Policy, Sejong Special Self-governing City)
Hwang, Se-Min (Department Health Policy, Sejong Special Self-governing City)
Kwon, Guen-Yong (Community Health Center of Sejong Special Self-governing City)
Lee, Moo-Sik (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Konyang University)
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Journal of agricultural medicine and community health / v.45, no.2, 2020 , pp. 69-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to provide the results of the epidemiological investigation for outbreak of Clostridium perfringens enteritis among students at a college in Sejong City. Methods: This investigation was performed between May 25 and May 28, 2018. The Sejong City public health authority received a complaint which was about 40 university students experienced vomiting or diarrhea. We immediately set up an epidemiological investigation team and conducted a field epidemiological investigation. Results: The overall incidence was 86 out of 153 (56.2%). The estimated risk exposure time was 12 o'clock on the previous day, and the cause was contaminated during distribution and storage of the lunch box provided for lunch on the day of the athletic competition, with 13 hours of average incubation period. The outbreak was closed on May 28, and the identified pathogen was Clostridium perfringens. Conclusions: It was proposed that food poisoning by Clostridium perfringens was likely and contaminated during group meal.
Keywords
Clostridium perfringens; Enteritis; Lunch boxes; University students;
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