Infections With Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in Washington State: The First Year of Statewide Disease Surveillance

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 355-359

  Ostroff, Stephen M ^a   Kobayashi, John M ^b   Lewis, Jay H ^b  

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

^b Washington State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84943208932     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430030043031     Document Type: Article

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