Escherichia coli O157 cluster evaluation

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1856-1858

  Gupta, Amita ^a,h   Hunter, Susan B ^a   Bidol, Sally A ^b   Dietrich, Stephen ^b   Kincaid, Jennifer ^a   Salehi, Ellen ^c   Nicholson, Lisa ^c   Genese, Carol Ann ^d   Todd Weinstein, Sarah ^e   Marengo, Lisa ^f   Kimura, Akiko C ^g   Brooks, John T ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 4844221036     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1010.040374     Document Type: Article

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