US outbreak of human salmonella infections associated with aquatic frogs, 2008-2011

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 724-731

  Zarecki, Shauna L Mettee ^a,b,c   Bennett, Sarah D ^a,c   Hall, Julia ^d   Yaeger, Jill ^e   Lujan, Kate ^f   Adams Cameron, Marguerite ^g   Quinn, Kim Winpisinger ^h   Brenden, Rita ⁱ   Biggerstaff, Gwen ^a   Hill, Vincent R ^a   Sholtes, Kari ^b   Garrett, Nancy Marie ^a   Lafon, Patti C ^a   Behravesh, Casey Barton ^a,c   Sodha, Samir V ^a,c,j  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps   (United States)

^d UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Madera County Environmental Health Department   (United States)

^f Madera County Environmental Health Department ^*  (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Amphibians; Children; Frogs; Outbreak; Pediatric; Pets; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANURA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PETS; PIPIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875971747     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2031     Document Type: Article

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