Carrier prevalence, secondary household transmission, and long-term shedding in 2 districts during the escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany, 2011

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 432-438

  Sin, Muna Abu ^a   Takla, Anja ^a,d   Flieger, Antje ^a   Prager, Rita ^a   Fruth, Angelika ^a   Tietze, Erhard ^a   Fink, Eckhart ^b   Korte, Jutta ^c   Schink, Susanne ^a   Höhle, Michael ^a   Eckmanns, Tim ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b District Health Authority Herzogtum Lauenburg   (Germany)

^c District Health Authority Schleswig Flensburg   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

cohort study; cross sectional study; gastroenteritis; HUS; STEC carrier; STEC outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SECONDARY HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION; SHEDDING DURATION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CUCUMBER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INFANT; LETTUCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI O104 H4; SPROUT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMATO;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872018043     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis702     Document Type: Article

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