Lake-Associated Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 - Illinois, 1995

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 437-439

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FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030607899     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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