Vibrio illness in Florida, 1998-2007

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-598

  Weis, K E ^a,b   Hammond, R M ^b   Hutchinson, R ^b   Blackmore, C G M ^b  

^a Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Applied Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; infectious disease; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OYSTER; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; SEPTICEMIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FLUVIALIS; VIBRIO HOLLISAE; VIBRIO MIMICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS INFECTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION; VIBRIOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955682193     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001354     Document Type: Article

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