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Investigation of an outbreak of Campylobacter upsaliensis in day care centers in Brussels: analysis of relationships among isolates by phenotypic and genotypic typing methods.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 1995
Goossens H, Giesendorf B A, Vandamme P, Vlaes L, Van den Borre C, Koeken A, Quint W G, Blomme W, Hanicq P, Koster D S
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An outbreak of Campylobacter upsaliensis in four Brussels day care centers (A, B-1, B-2, and C) affected 44 children. Diarrhea was the major symptom. From January 1991 to June 1992, the outbreak strain was isolated from 3, 1, and 21 (of 68) children in centers A, B-1, and B-2, respectively, and from 19 of 22 children in center C, IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies were detected by Western blotting of serum specimens of...
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