A food-borne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis among guests and staff at a hotel restaurant in Stockholm county, Sweden, September 2008

M Insulander; B de Jong; B Svenungsson

doi:10.2807/ese.13.51.19071-en

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A food-borne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis among guests and staff at a hotel restaurant in Stockholm county, Sweden, September 2008
M Insulander¹ , B de Jong¹ , B Svenungsson¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden

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B Svenungsson
bo.svenungsson sll.se
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Citation style for this article: Insulander M, de Jong B, Svenungsson B. A food-borne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis among guests and staff at a hotel restaurant in Stockholm county, Sweden, September 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(51):pii=19071. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.51.19071-en Received: 16 Dec 2008

Abstract

In September 2008, 21 cases of cryptosporidiosis occurred among guests and staff at a wedding reception in a hotel restaurant in Stockholm county, Sweden. The median incubation period was 7.1 days (range 4-9 days) and 86% of the patients had symptoms for longer than one week. Three patients were hospitalised due to dehydration. The most probable source of the outbreak was béarnaise sauce containing chopped fresh parsley .