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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance, 44(15), 2010

DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.44.19704-en

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Cohort study of a campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with chicken liver parfait, United Kingdom, June 2010

Journal article published in 2010 by T. Inns ORCID, K. Foster, R. Gorton
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

In an outbreak of 24 cases of gastroenteritis among guests at a wedding reception, 13 cases had confirmed Campylobacter infection. In a cohort study, univariate analysis revealed a strong association with consumption of chicken liver parfait: risk ratio (RR): 30.08, 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.34-208.44, p<0.001, which remained after adjustment for potential confounders in a multivariable model: RR=27.8, 95% CI=3.9-199.7, p=0.001. These analyses strongly support the hypothesis that this outbreak was caused by the consumption of chicken liver parfait.