Outbreak of cyclosporiasis in British Columbia associated with imported Thai basil

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Hoang, L M N ^a,b   Fyfe, M ^b   Ong, C ^a   Harb, J ^c   Champagne, S ^a,b   Dixon, B ^d   Isaac Renton, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIL; BERRY; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GASTROENTERITIS; HERB; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTUCE; PATHOGENESIS; SPROUT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCIMUM BASILICUM; THAILAND;

EID: 14044252699     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003176     Document Type: Article

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