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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Published in:	Epidemiology and infection 2006-06, Vol.134 (3), p.598-604
Main Authors:	ARIAS, C., SALA, M. R., DOMÍNGUEZ, A., BARTOLOMÉ, R., BENAVENTE, A., VECIANA, P., PEDROL, A., HOYO, G.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Bacillary dysentery Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology Epidemics Epidemiology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Longitudinal Studies Male Microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous Potable water Prospective Studies Shigella Shigella sonnei Spain Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Water consumption Water Microbiology Water Supply - standards
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