E-mail surveys assist investigation and response: A university conjunctivitis outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 761-764

  Passaro, D J ^a   Scott, M ^b,d   Dworkin, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b City of Evanston Dept of Health   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Disease   (United States)

^d Illinois Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EPIDEMIC; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; SPRING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 4143121380     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002201     Document Type: Article

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