Secondary transmissions during the outbreak of Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli o104 in Hesse, Germany, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 31, 2011, Pages

  Hauri, A M ^a   Gotsch U ^b   Strotmann, I ^c   Krahn, J ^d   Bettge Weller, G ^a   Westbrock, H J ^a   Bellinger, O ^b   Uphoff, H ^a  

^a Hesse State Health Office   (Germany)

^b Public Health Authorities   (Germany)

^c Public Health Office   (Germany)

^d Public Health Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 2;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOODY DIARRHEA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VOMITING;

EID: 80051742126     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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