Publications

an outbreak of cholera in australia due to food served in flight on an international aircraft.	an outbreak of cholera occurred in november 1972 among passengers on an aircraft that had flown from london to sydney. the infection was confined to economy-class passengers and the available evidence indicates that it was due to a dish of hors d'oeuvres served on the aircraft between bahrain and singapore. although one person died, the infection was generally mild, and almost half of those infected were symptomless. there was a significant difference between the immunization status of persons w ...	1974	4526408
vibrio cholerae o1 el tor cluster in sydney linked to imported whitebait.	three cases of cholera in women aged 71, 72 and 84 years were notified in november 2006 in sydney, new south wales. this is the first reported cluster of cholera in australia for over 30 years, and was an unusual outbreak in patients with no history of recent travel to cholera-endemic areas. a food trace-back investigation found that the only exposure common to all cases was consumption of raw whitebait imported from indonesia. this outbreak demonstrates that the practice of eating raw whitebait ...	2007	17874982