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JAMA. 2001;286:1964-1965.

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MMWR. 2001;50:797-800

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On June 15, 2001, local physicians reported 11 cases of diarrhea to a county health department. Stool samples from two of these persons were culture confirmed as Shigella sonnei; one person was hospitalized. A preliminary investigation found that nine of these persons recently had visited a large city park with a wading pool. The Iowa Department of Public Health was asked to assist in an investigation of this outbreak. This report summarizes the results of the investigation, which implicated the inadequately disinfected wading pool as the source of the outbreak and presents strategies for preventing such outbreaks.

Beginning on June 15, telephone interviews were conducted using a questionnaire that included information about demographics, illness history, participation in group gatherings, water activities, and use of the park or wading pool. Ill persons were asked to identify others who were at the park or had similar . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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