| clostridium perfringens foodborne outbreak due to braised chop suey supplied by chafing dish. | on february 13, 2002, a public health center in hiroshima prefecture, japan, was notified that many individuals living at the japan maritime self-defence force base had symptoms resembling those of food poisoning. self-administered questionnaires requesting information regarding meal consumption and symptoms were distributed to all 281 members at the base. a case of the illness was defined as a member who had had watery or mucousy stool, or loose stool with abdominal cramps, more than twice a da ... | 2005 | 15902996 |