Cholera and sliced fruit: Probable secondary transmission from an asymptomatic carrier in the United States

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 212-214

  Ackers, Marta ^a,e   Pagaduan, Remedios ^b   Hart, Georgiana ^c   Greene, Katherine D ^a   Abbott, Sharon ^d   Mintz, Eric ^a   Tauxe, Robert V ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cholera; Secondary transmission; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030958513     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(97)90039-4     Document Type: Article

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