Results of surveillance for infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) of serotype O104:H4 after the large outbreak in Germany, July to December 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Frank, C ^a   Milde Busch, A ^a   Werber, D ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TIME FACTORS; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84898407847     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.14.20760     Document Type: Article

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