Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with petting Zoos - North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona, 2004 and 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 54, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 1277-1280

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DYSENTERY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISURE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 32544450972     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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