Meanings
- not comparableCarried or transmitted by oysters.
One of the biggest oysterborne epidemics occurred in the United States in 1924, with about 1,500 cases of typhoid and 150 deaths.
1960 February 15, E. A. Reinke, “Shellfish Control in the State of California”, in California's Health, page 1482 more examples
Dr. Bulstrode's official report on the oysterborne outbreaks of enteric fever which followed certain mayoral banquets last year, although anticipated by full reports by local medical officers of health, will be read with great interest […]
1903 August 8, “Oysters and Typhoid Fever”, in British Medical Journal, page 325Although infection with the oysterborne Norwalk-like virus caused no fatalities in this outbreak, raw oyster consumption has been linked in Florida to 30 fatal cases of infection with Vibrio vulnificus […]
1994 June 24, “Viral Gastroenteritis Associated with Consumption of Raw Oysters”, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, page 448
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