ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2017
Increase in outbreaks of gastroenteritis linked to bathing water in Finland in summer 2014.
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- Identifying Sources of Faecal Contamination in a Small Urban Stream Catchment: A Multiparametric Approach.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Two Drinking Water Outbreaks Caused by Wastewater Intrusion Including Sapovirus in Finland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Specific Interactions between Human Norovirus and Environmental Matrices: Effects on the Virus Ecology.Viruses · 2019Review
- Decay ofFrontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Norovirus Outbreak Associated with Swimming in a Recreational Lake Not Influenced by External Human Fecal Sources in The Netherlands, August 2012.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Categorical performance characteristics of method ISO 7899-2 and indicator value of intestinal enterococci for bathing water quality monitoring.Journal of water and health · 2018Article
- An outbreak of Norovirus infections associated with recreational lake water in Western Finland, 2014.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Persistence of Norovirus GII Genome in Drinking Water and Wastewater at Different Temperatures.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
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Abstract
An increased number of suspected outbreaks of gastroenteritis linked to bathing water were reported to the Finnish food- and waterborne outbreak (FWO) registry in July and August 2014. The investigation reports were assessed by a national outbreak investigation panel. Eight confirmed outbreaks were identified among the 15 suspected outbreaks linked to bathing water that had been reported to the FWO registry. According to the outbreak investigation reports, 1,453 persons fell ill during these outbreaks. Epidemiological and microbiological data revealed noroviruses as the main causative agents. During the outbreaks, exceptionally warm weather had boosted the use of beaches. Six of eight outbreaks occurred at small lakes; for those, the investigation strongly suggested that the beach users were the source of contamination. In one of those eight outbreaks, an external source of contamination was identified and elevated levels of faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) were noted in water. In the remaining outbreaks, FIB analyses were insufficient to describe the hygienic quality of the water. Restrictions against bathing proved effective in controlling the outbreaks. In spring 2015, the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) published guidelines for outbreak control to prevent bathing water outbreaks.
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