Outbreak of viral gastroenteritis due to a contaminated well: International consequences

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 563-568

  Beller, Michael ^a   Ellis, Andrea ^b   Lee, Spencer H ^c   Drebot, Michael A ^c   Jenkerson, Sue Anne ^a   Funk, Elizabeth ^a   Sobsey, Mark D ^e   Simmons III, Otto D ^e   Monroe, Stephan S ^d   Ando, Tamie ^d   Noel, Jacqueline ^d   Petric, Martin ^f   Middaugh, John P ^a   Spika, John S ^b  

^a Alaska Department Health and Social Services   (United States)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c National Centre for Enteroviruses   (United States)

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

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030748178     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.7.563     Document Type: Article

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