Outbreak of Shigella sonnei infections in the orthodox jewish community of Antwerp, Belgium, April to August 2008

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  de Schrijver, K ^a,b   Bertrand, S ^c   Garitano, I Gutiérrez ^c,d   van den Branden, D ^a   van Schaeren, J ^e  

^a Department of Infectious Disease Control ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^e Laboratory of Microbiology Sint Vincentius   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; JEW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79955421282     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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