An Outbreak of Foodborne Giardiasis

Michael T. Osterholm; Jan C. Forfang; Terry L. Ristinen; Andrew G. Dean; John W. Washburn; Janice R. Godes; Richard A. Rude; John G. Mccullough

doi:10.1056/NEJM198101013040106

An Outbreak of Foodborne Giardiasis

Michael T. Osterholm, Jan C. Forfang, Terry L. Ristinen, Andrew G. Dean, John W. Washburn, Janice R. Godes, Richard A. Rude, John G. Mccullough

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GIARDIA LAMBLIA is recognized as an important cause of acute illness in human beings. Community-wide waterborne outbreaks of giardiasis have been documented with increasing frequency, ^{1 2 3 4 5} and backpackers have become ill after drinking water from mountain streams.^6,7 Giardiasis has also occurred among travelers to foreign countries, although the methods of transmission in these situations are not clear.^{8 9 10} Person-to-person transmission has been demonstrated in mental institutions, ^{11 12 13} in day-care centers, ^14,15 and among male homosexuals.^{16 17 18} To our knowledge, fecally contaminated food has not been documented to be a vehicle for the transmission of giardiasis, even though the fecal-oral route of transmission has been well.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	24-28
Number of pages	5
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	304
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198101013040106
State	Published - Jan 1 1981

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