Shigellosis outbreak with 146 cases related to a fair;Brote de shigellosis con 146 casos relacionado con una feria

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Monsalve, Juan Castell ^a   Ávila, Gonzalo Gutiérrez ^b   Saavedra, Remedios Rodolfo ^b   Azorín, Antonia Santos ^b  

^a Delegación Provincial de Sanidad   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Epidemiologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Outbreak; Sauce; Shigella

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349086425     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13115108     Document Type: Article

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