Ang L H
West Kent Health Authority, Sevenoaks Hospital.
Commun Dis Public Health. 1998 Mar;1(1):38-40.
Nine members of a party of 24 people who attended a birthday party fell ill with gastroenteritis between one and three days later. A cohort study undertaken using a postal questionnaire showed that illness was associated with having eaten raw oysters. Six of the cases had their stools examined and two were positive for small round structured virus. The illness was brief and none of the cases had consulted a general practitioner. Had the cases not been part of a party they would not have been identified. The oysters were grown in English coastal waters in grade B oyster beds. They underwent depuration treatment before they were sold for consumption. More work is needed to protect oyster beds from contamination and to identify methods to render oysters safe for consumption.
参加生日派对的24人中有9人在1至3天后患上肠胃炎。通过邮寄问卷进行的队列研究表明，患病与食用生牡蛎有关。6例患者的粪便进行了检测，2例小圆结构病毒呈阳性。病情短暂，所有病例均未咨询全科医生。如果这些病例不是派对的一部分，他们就不会被发现。这些牡蛎生长在英国沿海水域的B级牡蛎养殖场。在出售供食用之前，它们经过了净化处理。需要开展更多工作来保护牡蛎养殖场免受污染，并确定使牡蛎食用安全的方法。
