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Last updated: July 16, 2018.
Health officials claim to have found Escherichia coli in the water of a zip line facility in Tennessee related to an epidemic affecting at least 500 people.
MONDAY, July 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) – Health authorities say they found Escherichia coli in the water at a zip line facility in Tennessee that was linked to an epidemic affecting at least 500 people.
A visitor to the Tyrolean CLIMB Inflatable Dinghy Tour in Gatlinburg was tested positive for both norovirus and enteropathogen E. coli while a number of patients who visited the Establishment since June 15 have been tested positive for norovirus, said the state health department last week
. John Dunn, DVM, Ph.D., assistant epidemiologist, said in a statement. "Preliminary tests and environmental health assessments indicate that the water system at the zip line station may have contributed to the outbreak, but there are likely other sources of disease spread , including contaminated surfaces and person-to-person transmission. 19659007] Dunn added that the tests revealed fecal contamination in the water system of the facility and other tests were in course.
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