Cyclospora cayetanensis: A description of clinical aspects of an outbreak in Quebec, Canada

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-632

  Milord, F ^a,b   Lampron Goulet, E ^b   St Amour, M ^a,b   Levac, E ^a   Ramsay, D ^c  

^a Direction de Santé Publique de la Montérégie ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclospora; diarrhoea; emerging infections; outbreaks; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIL; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RELAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCIMUM BASILICUM; QUEBEC; RESTAURANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858067311     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881100121X     Document Type: Article

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