Comparing Shigella waterborne outbreaks in four different areas in Greece: Common features and differences

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-162

  Koutsotoli, A D ^a   Papassava, M E ^a   Maipa, V E ^a   Alamanos, Y P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENDER; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; SEX FACTORS; SHIGELLA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 30844441884     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004747     Document Type: Article

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