Diarrhea — Brazil
13 rowers from the approximately 40-member USA contingent developed gastroenteritis during the World Junior Rowing Championships, a preliminary for next summer’s [2016] Olympics. The group’s physician stated that she thought it had been because of pollution within the river where competition occurred.
“We took a number of additional measures (in addition to pre-travel vaccines/medications), such as protecting water bottles from exposure to the water of the lagoon, covering all open
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