A waterborne Campylobacter jejuni outbreak on a Greek island

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1726-1734

  Karagiannis, I ^a   Sideroglou, T ^a   Gkolfinopoulou, K ^a   Tsouri, A ^b   Lampousaki, D ^b   Velonakis, E N ^a,c   Scoulica, E V ^d   Mellou, K ^a   Panagiotopoulos, T ^c   Bonovas, S ^a  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b Chania General Hospital   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Case control study; Case crossover study; Outbreak investigation; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149255808     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002116     Document Type: Article

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