Outbreak of escherichia coli O157 H7 infections after petting zoo visits, north carolina state fair

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Goode, Brant ^a,d   O'Reilly, Ciara ^b   Dunn, John ^b,e   Fullerton, Kathleen ^b   Smith, Stacey ^b   Ghneim, George ^a   Keen, James ^c   Durso, Lisa ^c   Davies, Megan ^a   Montgomery, Sue ^b,f  

^a General Communicable Diseases Control Branch

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

^c Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^d HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MANURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZOONOSES;

EID: 61549126338     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.525     Document Type: Article

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