Biennial hyperepidemic shigellosis in an observant Jewish community

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Calderon Margalit, R ^a   Navon Venezia, S ^b   Gefen, D ^c   Amitai, Z ^c   Barda, R ^d   Vulikh, I ^d   Sompolinsky, D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Sourasky Medical Centre   (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv District Health Authority   (Israel)

^d Ma'aynei Hayeshua Medical Centre   (Israel)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Outbreaks; Public health; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELIGION; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; MALE; SEASONS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 74949121870     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990379     Document Type: Article

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