Enhanced surveillance during a large outbreak of bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome caused by Shiga toxin/verotoxin-producing escherichia coli in Germany, may to june 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Wadl, M ^a   Rieck, T ^a,b   Nachtnebel, M ^a,c   Greutelaers B ^a,c   der Heiden, Man ^a   Altmann, D ^a   Hellenbrand, W ^a   Faber, M ^a   Frank, C ^a   Schweickert, B ^a   Krause, G ^a   Benzler, J ^a   Eckmanns, T ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WORKFLOW;

EID: 79959665461     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.24.19893-en     Document Type: Article

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