Serological Evidence of Asymptomatic Infections during Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak in Germany in 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Balabanova, Yanina ^a   Klar, Stefanie ^a   Deleré, Yvonne ^a   Wilking, Hendrik ^a   Faber, Mirko S ^a   Lassen, Sofie Gillesberg ^a,b   Gilsdorf, Andreas ^a   Dupke, Susann ^a   Nitschke, Martin ^c   Sayk, Friedhelm ^c   Grunow, Roland ^a   Krause, Gérard ^a,d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84883620648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073052     Document Type: Article

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