Outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with a long-distance obstacladventure race — Nevada, October 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 17, 2014, Pages 375-378

  Zeigler, Mariah ^a   Claar, Chad ^a   Rice, Daviesha ^a   Davis, Jack ^a   Frazier, Tammy ^a   Turner, Alex ^a   Kelley, Corinna ^a   Capps, Jonathan ^a   Kent, Andrea ^a   Hubbard, Valerie ^a   Ritenour, Christiana ^a   Tuscano, Cristina ^a   Qiu Shultz, Zuwen ^b   Leaumont, Collette Fitzgerald ^c  

^a Nellis Air Force Base   (United States)

^b Southern Nevada Health District   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; NEVADA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RECREATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84899575655     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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