Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 associated with raw milk, Connecticut, 2008

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1411-1417

  Guh, Alice ^a,b   Phan, Quyen ^b   Nelson, Randall ^b   Purviance, Katherine ^b   Milardo, Elaine ^d   Kinney, Stacey ^b   Mshar, Patricia ^b   Kasacek, Wayne ^c   Cartter, Matthew ^b  

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

^b CDC   (United States)

^c Connecticut Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

^d Farmington Valley Health District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649825003     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657304     Document Type: Article

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