Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Outbreak and its Incubation Period: Is it Short or Long?

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  Lee, Dong Woo ^a   Gwack, Jin ^a   Youn, Seun Ki ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic e coli; EPEC; Incubation period; Outbreak; Single exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84862797140     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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