Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis of unknown etiology caused by contaminated drinking water in a rural village in Austria, August 2006

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 23-24, 2007, Pages 717-721

  Meusburger, Stefan ^a   Reichart, Sandra ^a   Kapfer, Sabine ^a   Schableger, Karl ^b   Fretz, Rainer ^c   Allerberger, Franz ^c  

^a Landessanitätsdirektion Oberösterreich   (Austria)

^b Gebietskrankenkasse Oberösterreich   (Austria)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Etiology; Gastroenteritis; Karst; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PARASITE; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SEX RATIO; SHIGELLA; VIRUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 37749042439     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0916-y     Document Type: Article

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