A waterborne outbreak in Missouri of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with bloody diarrhea and death

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 812-819

  Swerdlow, David L ^a,b   Woodruff, Bradley A ^a   Brady, Robert C ^c   Griffin, Patricia M ^a   Tippen, Sue ^d   Donnell Jr , H Denny ^d   Geldreich, Edwin ^e   Payne, Beverley J ^d   Meyer Jr , Arlon ^d   Wells, Joy G ^a   Greene, Katherine D ^a   Bright, Mahree ^d   Bean, Nancy H ^a   Blake, Paul A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Traffic Division   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELENA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MISSOURI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0026465297     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-117-10-812     Document Type: Article

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