Novel microbiological and spatial statistical methods to improve strength of epidemiological evidence in a community-wide waterborne outbreak.

Failures in the drinking water distribution system cause gastrointestinal outbreaks with multiple pathogens. A water distribution pipe breakage caused a community-wide waterborne outbreak in Vuorela, Finland, July 2012. We investigated this outbreak with advanced epidemiological and microbiological...

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Main Authors: Katri Jalava, Hanna Rintala, Jukka Ollgren, Leena Maunula, Vicente Gomez-Alvarez, Joana Revez, Marja Palander, Jenni Antikainen, Ari Kauppinen, Pia Räsänen, Sallamaari Siponen, Outi Nyholm, Aino Kyyhkynen, Sirpa Hakkarainen, Juhani Merentie, Martti Pärnänen, Raisa Loginov, Hodon Ryu, Markku Kuusi, Anja Siitonen, Ilkka Miettinen, Jorge W Santo Domingo, Marja-Liisa Hänninen, Tarja Pitkänen
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a93ddd23bb2c4aabb64a8f80f2b3e56b
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