Diaz de Rojas F, Castro García M, Abaitua Borda I, Alonso Gordo J M, Posada de la Paz M, Kilbourne E M, Tabuenca Oliver J M
Am J Epidemiol. 1987 May;125(5):907-11. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114608.
The authors studied the pattern of occurrence of toxic oil syndrome, a previously undescribed disease that occurred in Spain in epidemic form in 1981, in two convents in Madrid. In one convent, the disease affected 66% of 35 novices and nuns who ingested oil from a suspect source, but none of 56 laywomen who ate the same meals but used a different type of oil. In the second convent, in which nuns were also exposed but laywomen were not, 98% of 43 nuns developed toxic oil syndrome compared with none of 70 laywomen. These findings support the hypothesis that a food oil transmitted the etiologic agent of toxic oil syndrome.
作者研究了有毒油综合征的发病模式，这是一种先前未被描述的疾病，1981年在西班牙以流行形式出现，研究对象是马德里的两所女修道院。在一所女修道院中，食用了可疑来源食用油的35名见习修女和修女中有66%患病，但食用相同餐食但使用不同类型食用油的56名女性教徒无人患病。在第二所女修道院中，修女也接触了（可疑食用油），但女性教徒未接触，43名修女中有98%患上了有毒油综合征，而70名女性教徒无人患病。这些发现支持了食用油传播有毒油综合征病原体的假说。
