A community outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection from a chlorinated public water supply

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1151-1158

  Richardson, G ^a   Thomas, D Rh ^a   Smith, R M M ^a   Nehaul, L ^a   Ribeiro, C D ^b   Brown, A G ^c   Salmon, Roland L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c London Borough of Camden   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHLORINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34748868442     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807007960     Document Type: Article

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