Communitywide shigellosis: control of an outbreak and risk factors in child day-care centers.
Author(s) -
Janet C. MohleBoetani,
MARGARET P. STAPLETON,
Reginald Finger,
Nancy H. Bean,
J Poundstone,
P. A. Blake,
Patricia M. Griffin
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.6.812
Subject(s) - shigellosis , outbreak , medicine , environmental health , day care , demography , child care , pediatrics , gerontology , shigella , virology , biology , nursing , sociology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
The study's objectives were to assess (1) control of a community outbreak of shigellosis through the promotion of handwashing, (2) risk factors in day-care centers, and (3) shigellosis attributable to attendance at a day-care center.
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