A case-control study of sporadic infection with O157 and non-O157 verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-365

  Pierard D ^a   Crowcroft, N ^b,c   De Bock, S ^a   Potters, D ^a   Crabbe, G ^a   Van Loock, F ^b   Lauwers, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I;

EID: 0345061686     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002289     Document Type: Article

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