Outbreak of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli serotype O26: H11 infection at a child care center in colorado

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-383

  Brown, Jennifer A ^a   Hite, Donna S ^a   Gillim Ross, Laura A ^b   Maguire, Hugh F ^b   Bennett, Janine K ^a   Patterson, Julia J ^a   Comstock, Nicole A ^b   Watkins, Anita K ^a   Ghosh, Tista S ^a   Vogt, Richard L ^a  

^a Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

^b Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

child care; disease outbreaks; Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84858795869     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182457122     Document Type: Article

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