Shigella sonnei outbreak among homosexual men, London [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1458-1460

  Morgan, Oliver ^a   Crook, Paul ^a   Cheasty, Tom ^a   Jiggle, Brian ^a   Giraudon, Isabelle ^a,b   Hughes, Harriett ^c   Jones, Stephen Morris ^c   Maguire, Helen ^a,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33749032426     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.060282     Document Type: Letter

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