Shigellosis among swimmers in a freshwater lake

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 774-778

  Iwamoto, Martha ^a   Hlady, Gary ^b   Jeter, Monica ^b   Burnett, Cindy ^b   Drenzek, Cherie ^b   Lance, Susan ^b   Benson, James ^b   Page, David ^b   Blake, Paul ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Recreational water; Shigellosis; Swimming; Waterborne disease outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLORINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEWAGE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SWIMMING;

EID: 24144500748     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000172764.14147.e5     Document Type: Article

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