Multi-pathogen waterborne disease outbreak associated with a dinner cruise on Lake Michigan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 621-625

  Serdarevic, F ^a,b   Jones, R C ^a   Weaver, K N ^a   Black, S R ^a   Ritger, K A ^a   Guichard, F ^a   Dombroski, P ^c   Emanuel, B P ^d   Miller, L ^a   Gerber, S I ^e  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Cook County Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Outbreaks; water borne infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; LAKE WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOODING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; CHICAGO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; LAKES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIPS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84863298792     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000896     Document Type: Article

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