Waterborne epidemic outbreak of Shigella sonnei gastroenteritis in Santa Maria de Palautordera, Catalonia, Spain

In August 2002 an outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection occurred in a Spanish town of 6343 inhabitants. In total, 756 people developed acute gastroenteritis and 181 cases were shigella-confirmed. The peak incidence was during 5–6 August 2002. The estimated primary attack rate was 9·97%; the attack r...

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Main Authors: ARIAS, C., SALA, M. R., DOMÍNGUEZ, A., BARTOLOMÉ, R., BENAVENTE, A., VECIANA, P., PEDROL, A., HOYO, G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870408/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16194288
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268805005121
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