Serological and epidemiological analysis of an outbreak of gastroenteritis among military recruits in Germany caused by Cryptosporidium parvum

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 450-457

  Brockmann, S O ^a   Dreweck, C ^a,b   Wagner Wiening, C ^a   Hagen, R M ^e,f   Kimmig, P ^a   Petry, F ^c   Jakobi, V ^c,d  

^a Baden Wurttemberg State Health Office   (Germany)

^b Landeshauptstadt München ^*  (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^e Central Institute of the Federal Army Medical Service   (Germany)

^f BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TAP WATER;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRINKING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOLDIER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549130475     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-7317-7     Document Type: Article

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