BRITISH COLUMBIA: Mountain bike racers likely got food poisoning from contaminated mud in B.C. - (The Canadian Press)
March 18, 2008 – 5:47 pmhttp://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5grGDCZ4burspGXIV2W7N6GXlSUbQ
Researchers were cited as reporting Monday that mountain bike racers who became ill after a meet in British Columbia last June probably contracted the bug that sickened them from feces in the mud they biked through.
Over a quarter of the nearly 800 participants fell ill in what public health officials believe is one of the biggest reported outbreaks in this country of Campylobacter jejuni - a diarrhea-causing bacteria that is generally contracted through consumption of contaminated food or water.
When it became apparent bikers who took part in the race had fallen victim to a nasty stomach bug, organizers, local medical authorities and participants themselves were quick to question whether mud might have been to blame.
The course was apparently so muddy on the day of the race that competitors had to dismount and push their bikes through some spots.
Dr. Eleni Galanis was quoted as saying of the riders, “All you could […]
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