Contagious acute gastrointestinal infections

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 23, 2004, Pages

  Musher, Daniel M ^a,b   Musher, Benjamin L ^c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CALICIVIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; FOOD POISONING; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 16844364946     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra041837     Document Type: Review

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