A search for infant salmonellosis risk factors on Guam.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
;
1986 Mar; 17(1): 38-42
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32053
ABSTRACT
A study was conducted in the hope of identifying risk factors associated with a 10-year epidemic of salmonellosis among infants on Guam. Salmonella bacteria were found in soil and vacuum cleaner samples suggesting that Salmonella infections may result from contamination introduced into homes from the outdoor environment by mechanical means rather than by the ingestion of contaminated animal-origin foods.
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Main subject:
Salmonella Infections
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Soil Microbiology
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Humans
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Risk
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Environmental Microbiology
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Food Microbiology
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Guam
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Infant
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1986
Type:
Article
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