Campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with ingestion of mud during a mountain bike race

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1695-1703

  Stuart, T L ^a,b   Sandhu, J ^c,d   Stirling, R ^a   Corder, J ^c   Ellis, A ^a   Misa, P ^e   Goh, S ^e   Wong, B ^e   Martiquet, P ^c   Hoang, L ^e   Galanis, E ^d,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Epidemiology; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EATING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SPORT;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EATING; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SPORTS;

EID: 78149278418     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000049X     Document Type: Article

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