More 500 Americans got infected after relaxing in an amusement park
E. coli bacteria were found in the water at a popular amusement park in Tennessee, where more than 500 people are reported to be sick.
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The state health department said last week that one person who visited the CLIMB Works Zipline Canopy Tour in Gatlinburg tested positive for norovirus and enteropathogenic E. coli, while at least 550 also tested positive for norovirus.
“At this time, we cannot pinpoint the cause of this outbreak,” said Deputy State Epidemiologist John Dunn.
Norovirus causes acute gastrointestinal diseases and is often characterized by sudden nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Symptoms usually last one to two days. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli causes watery diarrhea. Symptoms may last several days.
Dunn believes the environment has contributed to the outbreak, “but there are probably other sources related to the spread of disease, including contaminated surfaces and transmission from person to person.”
The first analyzes of water showed that the infection occurred due to the presence of faeces in the water.
Since June, many visitors to the institution have complained of being unwell, and Emily Oney, posted on Facebook, that her stay was “a terrible way to ruin a family vacation.”
Gail Harmon, regional assistant manager at the Tennessee State Department of Health, reported that out of 2901 people who booked tours, 550 people got sick.
“We have followed all Department of Health recommendations and are currently using only bottled water and have added an additional chlorination system for our non-food water,” he wrote in an email.
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