A large community outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with consumption of drinking water contaminated by river water, Belgium, 2010

On 6 December 2010 a fire in Hemiksem, Belgium, was extinguished by the fire brigade with both river water and tap water. Local physicians were asked to report all cases of gastroenteritis. We conducted a retrospective cohort study among 1000 randomly selected households. We performed a statistical...

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Main Authors: BRAEYE, T., DE SCHRIJVER, K., WOLLANTS, E., van RANST, M., VERHAEGEN, J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412073/