A waterborne outbreak with a single clone of Campylobacter jejuni in the Danish town of Køge in May 2010

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 586-594

  Gubbels, Sophie Madeleine ^a,b   Kuhn, Katrin G ^b   Larsson, Jonas T ^b   Adelhardt, Marianne ^c   Engberg, Jørgen ^d   Ingildsen, Pernille ^e   Hollesen, Line Wilchen ^e   Muchitsch, Steen ^f   Mølbak, Kåre ^b   Ethelberg, Steen ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Public Health Medical Office of Zealand   (Denmark)

^d SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Energiforsyningen   (Denmark)

^f Køge University Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Outbreak; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; FLAGELLIN; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84864032730     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.655773     Document Type: Article

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