Sharing Shigella: Risk factors for a multicommunity outbreak of shigellosis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 601-603

  Shane, Andi L ^a   Tucker, Nicole A ^b   Crump, John A ^b   Mintz, Eric D ^b   Painter, John A ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; DIAPERS, INFANT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; OHIO; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037975577     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.601-a     Document Type: Short Survey

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