Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor cluster in Sydney linked to imported whitebait

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 345-347

  Forssman, Bradley ^a   Mannes, Trish ^a   Musto, Jennie ^b   Gottlieb, Thomas ^c   Robertson, Graham ^c   Natoli, Jonathan D ^c   Shadbolt, Craig ^d   Biffin, Brian ^d   Gupta, Leena ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; INFUSION FLUID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LONG TERM CARE; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHOLERA; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INDONESIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 35348883522     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01278.x     Document Type: Review

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