A recurring outbreak of Shigella sonnei among traditionally observant Jewish children in New York City: The risks of daycare and household transmission

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1231-1236

  Garrett, V ^a   Bornschlegel, K ^b   Lange, D ^a   Reddy, V ^b   Kornstein, L ^b   Kornblum, J ^b   Agasan, A ^b   Hoekstra, M ^a   Layton, M ^b   Sobel, J ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOPERAZONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JEW; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; JEWS; NEW YORK CITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 33750283199     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006182     Document Type: Article

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