Electronic network for monitoring travellers' diarrhoea and detection of an outbreak caused by Salmonella enteritidis among overseas travellers

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-436

  Osaka, K ^a   Inouye, S ^a   Okabe, N ^a   Taniguchi, K ^a   Izumiya, H ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^b   Yokota, T ^c   Hashimoto, S ^c   Sagara, H ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Narita Airport Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^c Kansai Airport Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; ITALY; JAPAN; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADULT; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033374227     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003179     Document Type: Article

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