Hepatitis A in New South Wales, Australia, from consumption of oysters: The first reported outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-130

  Conaty, S ^a   Bird, P ^b   Bell, G ^b   Kraa, E ^b   Grohmann, G ^b   McAnulty, J M ^a  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OYSTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; OSTREIDAE; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033950848     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003386     Document Type: Article

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