MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1998 Aug 21;47(32):673-6.
Since July 14, 1998, the Illinois Department of Health, the Wisconsin Department of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and CDC, in collaboration with other state and local health departments, have been investigating an outbreak of acute febrile illness among athletes from 44 states and seven countries who participated in triathlons in Springfield, Illinois, on June 21, 1998, and in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 1998. Initial testing at CDC of specimens from four athletes identified leptospirosis as the illness in all four. This report updates the ongoing investigation of this outbreak through August 13, which indicates that Leptospira was the etiologic agent for illness in athletes and in persons with occupational or recreational exposure to Lake Springfield, where the event was held in Illinois.
自1998年7月14日起，伊利诺伊州卫生部、威斯康星州卫生部、美国农业部（USDA）和疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）与其他州和地方卫生部门合作，一直在调查1998年6月21日在伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德市以及1998年7月5日在威斯康星州麦迪逊市参加铁人三项赛的来自44个州和7个国家的运动员中爆发的急性发热性疾病疫情。疾病控制与预防中心对4名运动员的样本进行的初步检测确定，这4名运动员均感染钩端螺旋体病。本报告更新了截至8月13日对此次疫情的持续调查情况，该调查表明，钩端螺旋体是导致运动员以及在伊利诺伊州举办赛事的斯普林菲尔德湖有职业或娱乐接触史的人员患病的病原体。
