Outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with consumption of raw peas

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-32

  Gardner, Tracie J ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Collette ^a   Xavier, Catherine ^c   Klein, Ron ^d   Pruckler, Janet ^a   Stroika, Steven ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph B ^b  

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

^b Alaska Department Health and Social Services   (United States)

^c Alaska Department of Health and Social Services   (United States)

^d Alaska Department Environmental Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOATING; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958823211     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir249     Document Type: Article

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