Challenges of investigating community outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, British Columbia, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1286-1288

  Shah, Lena ^a,b   MacDougall, Laura ^b   Ellis, Andrea ^a   Ong, Corinne ^b   Shyng, Sion ^b   LeBlanc, Linda ^c   Moreau, Dan ^d   Nowakowski, Craig ^d   Ritson, Mark ^e   Faremo, Arne ^e   Wilson, Krista ^f   Gregory, Brian ^f   Schleicher, Susan ^g   Brisdon, Shendra ^g   Stone, Jason ^g   Wong, Julie ^h   Fung, Joe ^h   Hoang, Linda ^h   Wu, Lisa ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^g FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^h PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CYCLOSPORIASIS; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 68049095171     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.081585     Document Type: Article

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