Sharing Shigella: risk factors for a multicommunity outbreak of shigellosis

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Jun;157(6):601-3. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.601-b.

Authors

Andi L Shane¹, Nicole A Tucker, John A Crump, Eric D Mintz, John A Painter

Affiliation

¹ Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, MS A-38, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. rft8@cdc.gov

PMID: 12796243
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.601-b

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Child Day Care Centers / statistics & numerical data*
Diapers, Infant / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
Dysentery, Bacillary / transmission
Humans
Infant
Ohio / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Shigella sonnei*
Water Microbiology