Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2013)

Duck Liver–associated Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis among Humans, United Kingdom, 2011

  • Muhammad Abid,
  • Helen Wimalarathna,
  • Janette Mills,
  • Luisa Saldana,
  • Winnie Pang,
  • Judith F. Richardson,
  • Martin C. J. Maiden,
  • Noel D. McCarthy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1908.121535
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 8
pp. 1310 – 1313

Abstract

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Campylobacter­ spp.–related gastroenteritis in diners at a catering college restaurant was associated with consumption of duck liver pâté. Population genetic analysis indicated that isolates from duck samples were typical of isolates from farmed poultry. Campylobacter spp. contamination of duck liver may present a hazard similar to the increasingly recognized contamination of chicken liver.

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