A multistate, foodborne outbreak of hepatitis A

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 595-602

  Hutin, Yvan J F ^a   Pool, Vitali ^a   Cramer, Elaine H ^a   Nainan, Omana V ^a   Weth, Jo ^b   Williams, Ian T ^a   Goldstein, Susan T ^a   Gensheimer, Kathleen F ^c   Bell, Beth P ^a   Shapiro, Craig N ^a   Alter, Miriam J ^a   Margolis, Harold S ^a  

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

^b Calhoun County Department of Health   (United States)

^c Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREEZING; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FROZEN FOODS; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033602054     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199902253400802     Document Type: Article

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