The Broad Street pump revisited: dairy farms and an ongoing outbreak of inflammatory bowel disease in Forest, Virginia

Authors

Authors

E. S. Pierce; S. M. Borowitz;S. A. Naser

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Gut Pathogens

Keywords

inflammatory bowel disease; paratuberculosis; cluster; outbreak; aerosolization; fecal-oral waterborne transmission; AVIUM SUBSPECIES PARATUBERCULOSIS; CROHNS-DISEASE; INFECTION; WATER; MYCOBACTERIA; IMPACTS; Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Microbiology

Abstract

We report an ongoing outbreak of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in Forest, Virginia involving 15 unrelated children and teenagers who resided in close proximity to dairy farms. Some of our cases demonstrated serologic evidence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection, suggesting its potential role as an etiologic agent.

Journal Title

Gut Pathogens

Volume

3

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-3-20

Language

English

First Page

5

WOS Identifier

WOS:000307228300001

ISSN

1757-4749

Recommended Citation

"The Broad Street pump revisited: dairy farms and an ongoing outbreak of inflammatory bowel disease in Forest, Virginia" (2011). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 1766.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/1766