An outbreak of Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a nursery school in Mie Prefecture

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 398-400

  Sugiyama, Akira ^a   Iwade, Yoshito ^a   Akachi, Shigehiro ^a   Nakano, Yoko ^a   Matsuno, Yukari ^a   Yano, Takuya ^a   Yamauchi, Akinori ^a   Nakayama, Osamu ^a   Sakai, Haruko ^b   Yamamoto, Ken Ichi ^c   Nagasaki, Yuji ^c   Nakano, Takashi ^d   Ihara, Toshiaki ^d   Kamiya, Hitoshi ^d  

^a Mie Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefectural Kuwana Health Center   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Health Center   (Japan)

^d MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 30544440866     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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