Lake-associated outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Clark County, Washington, August 1999

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1016-1021

  Bruce, Michael G ^a,d   Curtis, Michael B ^a   Payne, Melanie M ^b   Gautom, Romesh K ^c   Thompson, Eric C ^c   Bennett, Aimee L ^c   Kobayashi, John M ^c  

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

^b Southwest Washington Health District   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0141529908     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.10.1016     Document Type: Article

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