A large waterborne gastroenteritis outbreak in central Greece, March 2012: Challenges for the investigation and management

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-50

  Mellou, K ^a   Katsioulis, A ^b   Potamiti Komi, M ^a   Pournaras, S ^b   Kyritsi, M ^b   Katsiaflaka, A ^b   Kallimani, A ^a   Kokkinos, P ^c   Petinaki, E ^b   Sideroglou, T ^a   Georgakopoulou, T ^a   Vantarakis, A ^c   Hadjichristodoulou, C ^a,b  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Outbreaks; Rotavirus; Virus infection; Waterborne infections

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RNA SEQUENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84890095313     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000939     Document Type: Article

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