Human Streptococcus suis outbreak, Sichuan, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 914-920

  Yu, Hongjie ^a   Jing, Huaiqi ^b   Chen, Zhihai ^c   Zheng, Han ^b   Zhu, Xiaoping ^d   Wang, Hua ^e   Wang, Shiwen ^a   Liu, Lunguang ^d   Zu, Rongqiang ^a   Luo, Longze ^d   Xiang, Nijuan ^a   Liu, Honglu ^d   Liu, Xuecheng ^d   Shu, Yuelong ^a   Shui, Shan Lee ^f   Shuk, Kwan Chuang ^g   Wang, Yu ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^b   Yang, Weizhong ^a,h   Zhong, Wenjun ⁱ   Meng, Ling ⁱ   Gao, Yongjun ⁱ   Du, Huamao ⁱ   Ye, Changyu ⁱ   Cui, Zhigang ⁱ   Zhang, Shouyin ⁱ   Jin, Dong ⁱ   Liu, Li ⁱ   Yuan, Heng ⁱ   Ouyang, Bin ⁱ   Lv, Qiang ⁱ   Huang, Yan ⁱ   Huang, Ting ⁱ   Zhou, Xingyu ⁱ   Feng, Liao ⁱ   Pang, Qidi ⁱ   more..

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^h Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; SEPSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 33744940852     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1206.051194     Document Type: Article

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