An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis associated with contaminated bottled water in a university – Jiangxi, China, 2012
Author(s) -
Ruiping Wang,
Huijian Cheng,
Jun Zong,
Ping Yu,
Weijie Fu,
Fuqiang Yang,
Guoqing Shi,
Guang Zeng
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.4.009
Subject(s) - bottled water , outbreak , odds ratio , environmental health , acute gastroenteritis , medicine , confidence interval , china , attack rate , transmission (telecommunications) , geography , pediatrics , environmental science , virology , environmental engineering , archaeology , engineering , electrical engineering
On 23 May 2012, a university in Jiangxi, China reported a gastroenteritis outbreak. We investigated the outbreak to identify the agent, source and mode of transmission and to recommend control measures.
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