Use of molecular epidemiology to confirm a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A caused by consumption of oysters

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 838-840

  Bialek, Stephanie R ^a   George, Prethiba A ^a   Xia, Guo Liang ^a   Glatzer, Marc B ^b   Motes, Miles L ^b   Veazey, John E ^b   Hammond, Roberta M ^c   Jones, Timothy ^d   Shieh, Y Carol ^b   Wamnes, Janet ^c   Vaughan, Gilberto ^a   Khudyakov, Yury ^a   Fiore, Anthony E ^a  

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

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, VIRAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33847643285     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511874     Document Type: Article

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