Outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by campylobacter jejuni transmitted through drinking water;Brote comunitario de gastroenteritis por campylobacter jejuni originado por el consumo de agua del suministro público

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 695-698

  Godoy, Pere ^a,b   Artigues, Antoni ^a,b   Nuín, Carmen ^a   Aramburu, José ^c   Pérez, Montse ^d   Domínguez, Ángela ^e   Salleras, Lluís ^e  

^a Delegaccion Territorial   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio de Atención   (Spain)

^d Torres de Segre   (Spain)

^e Sanidad Exterior de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Waterborne outbreak

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037164532     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(02)73545-8     Document Type: Article

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