Application of a geographic information system to the tracking and control of an outbreak of shigellosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 728-733

  McKee, Kelly T ^a,e   Shields, Timothy M ^b   Glass, Gregory E ^b   Jenkins, Pamela R ^c,f   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^d  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f The Care Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034456054     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314050     Document Type: Article

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