Epidemic diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Beatty, Mark E ^a,b,e,f   Adcock, Penny M ^a,b,g   Smith, Stephanie W ^c   Quinlan, Kyran ^a,h   Kamimoto, Laurie A ^a,i   Rowe, Samantha Y ^b,j   Scott, Karen ^c   Conover, Craig ^d   Varchmin, Thomas ^c   Bopp, Cheryl A ^b   Greene, Kathy D ^b   Bibb, Bill ^b   Slutsker, Laurence ^b,k   Mintz, Eric D ^b  

^a Public Health Division   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Cook County Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^g MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE FINDING; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD STORAGE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31044448068     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499246     Document Type: Article

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