Binational outbreak of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with Campylobacter jejuni infection, Mexico and USA, 2011

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1089-1099

  Jackson, B R ^a   Zegarra, J Alomía ^b   Lopez Gatell H ^c   Sejvar, J ^a   Arzate, F ^d   Waterman, S ^a   Núñez, A Sánchez ^e   Lopez B ^f   Weiss, J ^g   Cruz, R Quintero ^b   Murrieta, D Y López ^d   Luna Gierke, R ^a,h   Heiman, K ^a,h   Vieira, A R ^a   Fitzgerald, C ^a   Kwan, P ^a   Zarate Bermudez M ^a   Talkington, D ^a   Hill, V R ^a   Mahon, B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Unidad de Vigilancia Epidemiologica   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d Dirección General de Epidemiología   (Mexico)

^e Servicios de Salud   (Mexico)

^f Yuma County Health Department   (United States)

^g ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^h ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Guillain Barr syndrome; outbreaks; water (safe)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; TAP WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FLUID INTAKE; IMMUNOASSAY; NEIGHBORHOOD; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARIZONA; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEXICO; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84897095595     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001908     Document Type: Article

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