Epidemiology of diarrheal disease outbreaks on cruise ships, 1986 through 1993

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 545-547

  Koo, Denise ^a,b   Maloney, Kathleen ^a   Tauxe, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EGG; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SEA FOOD; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIP; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030028410     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.7.545     Document Type: Article

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