Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) infections in Finland during 1998-2002: A population-based surveillance study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 845-852

  Eklund, M ^a   Nuorti, J P ^a   Ruutu, P ^a   Siitonen, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SHIGA TOXIN;

EID: 26944453930     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004450     Document Type: Article

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