Outbreaks of enteric infections caused by multiple pathogens associated with calves at a farm day camp

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1098-1104

  Smith, Kirk E ^a   Stenzel, Sara A ^a   Bender, Jeffrey B ^b   Wagstrom, Elizabeth ^a   Soderlund, Dana ^a   Leano, Fe T ^a   Taylor, Charlott M ^a   Belle Isle, Patricia A ^a   Danila, Richard ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Farm day camp; Outbreak; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE FARMING; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 16644376939     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000145409.74116.e5     Document Type: Article

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