Personal Injury Law

Sheep Droppings Plus Mud Equals Campylobacter Outbreak At Wales Bike Race

 Last March when we wrote here about an outbreak of Campylobacter being attributed to the mud in a bike race up in British Columbia, we thought it was a one-time weird event. We were wrong. It has happened again.

We have this report from  Wales via Metro. Co.UK:

"Mud contaminated with sheep faeces was the most likely cause of 161 cyclists falling ill at a competition.

"The outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea at the Mountain Bike Marathon, in Wales, was probably caused by Campylobacter in mud liquidised by heavy overnight rain, a report said on Tuesday.

The July incident, in Builth Wells, was investigated by the National Public Health Service for Wales."

Guess there is never a good time to be sheep dip.

Full post as published by Campylobacter Blog on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).