An Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 Infection Following Exposure to a Contaminated Building

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2709-2712

  Varma, Jay K ^a,b,c   Greene, Katherine D ^b   Reller, Megan E ^b,c   DeLong, Stephanie M ^b   Trottier, Janine ^d   Nowicki, Scott F ^e   DiOrio, Mary ^e   Koch, Elizabeth M ^e   Bannerman, Tammy L ^e   York, Steven T ^e   Lambert Fair, Mary Ann ^b   Wells, Joy G ^b   Mead, Paul S ^b  

^a American Embassy   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^d Lorain County General Health District   (United States)

^e OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BUILDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRINKING; EATING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEALTH VISITOR; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAWDUST; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345293129     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.20.2709     Document Type: Article

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