Illness associated with rudderfish/escolar in South Australia

Authors

  • Rodney C Givney Communicable Disease Control Branch, Department of Human Services, PO Box 6, Rundle Mall, Adelaide SA 5000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.39

Keywords:

rudderfish, escolar, foodborne disease

Abstract

This report describes an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness associated with the consumption of escolar fish in South Australia in March 1999. Nineteen out of 41 people who attended a dinner on 10 March 1999 developed gastrointestinal symptoms, 18 of them within 2 days. The dinner was held at a restaurant associated with a tertiary educational institution in metropolitan Adelaide

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References

Yearsley GK, Last PR, Ward RD. Australian Seafood Handbook: an identification guide to domestic species. CSIRO Marine Research; 1999.

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Published

01/09/02

How to Cite

Givney, Rodney C. 2002. “Illness Associated With Rudderfish Escolar in South Australia”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 26 (September):440. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.39.

Issue

Vol. 26 (2002)

Section

Short report

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