A Canadian Multicentre Case-Control Study of Sporadic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infection

Donna Holton; Jeff Wilson; Andrea Ellis; David Haldane; Nicole April; Karen Grimsrud; Brent Friesen; John Spika

doi:10.1155/1999/606342

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1999)

A Canadian Multicentre Case-Control Study of Sporadic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infection

Donna Holton,
Jeff Wilson,
Andrea Ellis,
David Haldane,
Nicole April,
Karen Grimsrud,
Brent Friesen,
John Spika

Affiliations

Donna Holton: Bureau of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Wilson: Bureau of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Andrea Ellis: Health of Animals Laboratory, Health Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
David Haldane: Division of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nicole April: Centre de Santé Publique de Québec, Beauport, Québec, Canada
Karen Grimsrud: Alberta Health, Edmonton, Canada
Brent Friesen: Population Health, Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
John Spika: Population Health, Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/606342
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 117 – 121

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate further risk factors for Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infection including consumer preferences related to the consumption of ground beef and the role of person-to-person transmission of this infection.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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