A large community outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with consumption of drinking water contaminated by river water, Belgium, 2010

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 711-719

  Braeye, T ^a   De Schrijver, K ^b,c   Wollants, E ^d   Van Ranst, M ^d   Verhaegen, J ^e  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Infectious Disease Control Unit   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; outbreak; waterborne

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; TAP WATER; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC; GIARDIASIS; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIVER; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIVERS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927962678     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001629     Document Type: Article

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