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Carol O. Tacket, MD; Jai P. Narain, MD, MPH; Richard Sattin, MD; John P. Lofgren, MD; Charles Konigsberg, Jr, MD, MPH; Robert C. Rendtorff, ScD, MD; Alfio Rausa, MD; Betty R. Davis, MS; Mitchell L. Cohen, MD

JAMA. 1984;251(4):483-486.

Abstract
In June and July 1982, a large interstate outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica infections caused by an unusual serotype occurred in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Eighty-six percent of cases had enteritis characterized by fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. In three separate case-control studies, drinking milk pasteurized by plant A was statistically associated with illness. In a survey of randomly chosen households, 8.3% of persons who recalled having drunk milk from plant A during the suspect period experienced a yersiniosislike illness. Inspection of the plant and cultures of the available raw and pasteurized milk did not reveal the source or mechanism of contamination or a breach in normal pasteurizing technique. Although outbreaks of enteric disease caused by pasteurized milk are rare in the United States, the ability of Y enterocolitica to grow in milk at refrigeration temperatures makes pasteurized milk a possible vehicle for virulent Y enterocolitica. The extent to which milk is responsible for sporadic cases of yersiniosis is unknown.

(JAMA 1984;251:483-486)

Author Affiliations
From the Enteric Diseases Branch (Drs Tacket and Cohen and Ms Davis), the Field Services Division (Dr Narain), and the Family Planning Division, Center for Health Promotion and Education (Dr Sattin), Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta; the Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock (Drs Narain and Lofgren); the Memphis-Shelby County Health Department, Memphis (Drs Konigsberg and Rendtorff); and the Delta Hills Public Health District, Greenwood, Miss (Dr Rausa).

Footnotes
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