Published in Am J Epidemiol on April 01, 1981
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Isolation of Legionella spp. from environmental water samples by low-pH treatment and use of a selective medium. J Clin Microbiol (1981) 6.88
Travelers' diarrhea in Mexico. A prospective study of physicians and family members attending a congress. N Engl J Med (1976) 6.52
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An outbreak of diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome from Escherichia coli O157:H7 in fresh-pressed apple cider. JAMA (1993) 5.87
Epidemic Yersinia enterocolitica infection due to contaminated chocolate milk. N Engl J Med (1978) 5.39
A waterborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in normal hosts. Ann Intern Med (1985) 5.27
Cholera and other vibrioses in the United States. N Engl J Med (1985) 5.17
Endemic cholera in rural Bangladesh, 1966-1980. Am J Epidemiol (1982) 4.93
A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7-associated bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome from hamburgers. The Washington experience. JAMA (1994) 4.85
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Epidemiology of Norwalk gastroenteritis and the role of Norwalk virus in outbreaks of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Ann Intern Med (1982) 4.54
Isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from dairy cattle associated with two cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Lancet (1986) 4.44
Volunteer studies of deletion mutants of Vibrio cholerae O1 prepared by recombinant techniques. Infect Immun (1988) 4.44
Toward a population genetic analysis of Salmonella: genetic diversity and relationships among strains of serotypes S. choleraesuis, S. derby, S. dublin, S. enteritidis, S. heidelberg, S. infantis, S. newport, and S. typhimurium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1988) 4.43
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A waterborne outbreak in Missouri of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with bloody diarrhea and death. Ann Intern Med (1992) 3.87
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A hospital epidemic of Lassa fever in Zorzor, Liberia, March-April 1972. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1973) 3.71
A case of cholera in Texas, 1973. Am J Epidemiol (1974) 3.71
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Laboratory investigation of diarrhea in travelers to Mexico: evaluation of methods for detecting enterotoxigenic Echerichia coli. J Clin Microbiol (1976) 3.34
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Diarrhoea associated with heat-stable enterotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli. Lancet (1975) 3.27
The molecular epidemiology of cholera in Latin America. J Infect Dis (1993) 3.26
Risk of breast cancer with oral contraceptive use in women with a family history of breast cancer. JAMA (2000) 3.15
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Zinc supplementation in young children with acute diarrhea in India. N Engl J Med (1995) 2.89
Scombroid fish poisoning. Outbreak traced to commercially canned tuna fish. JAMA (1974) 2.84
Epidemic diarrhea at Crater Lake from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. A large waterborne outbreak. Ann Intern Med (1977) 2.80
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Municipal waterborne giardiasis: an epidemilogic investigation. Beavers implicated as a possible reservoir. Ann Intern Med (1980) 2.69
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure antibodies to purified heat-labile enterotoxins from human and porcine strains of Escherichia coli and to cholera toxin: application in serodiagnosis and seroepidemiology. J Clin Microbiol (1985) 2.66
Longitudinal studies of infectious diseases and physical growth of children in rural Bangladesh. II. Incidence of diarrhea and association with known pathogens. Am J Epidemiol (1982) 2.65
Incidence and severity of rotavirus and Escherichia coli diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh. Implications for vaccine development. Lancet (1981) 2.65
Molecular variation of type 1 vaccine-related and wild polioviruses during replication in humans. Virology (1981) 2.64
Methodological issues in diarrhoeal diseases epidemiology: definition of diarrhoeal episodes. Int J Epidemiol (1991) 2.56
Multiple genetic changes can occur in the oral poliovaccines upon replication in humans. J Gen Virol (1981) 2.54
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The crystal structure of the PX domain from p40(phox) bound to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate. Mol Cell (2001) 2.47
Cholera on Guam, 1974: epidemiologic findings and isolation of non-toxinogenic strains. Am J Epidemiol (1977) 2.46
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Unusual verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli associated with hemorrhagic colitis. J Clin Microbiol (1987) 2.44
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PtdIns(3)P regulates the neutrophil oxidase complex by binding to the PX domain of p40(phox). Nat Cell Biol (2001) 2.39
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Zinc supplementation in infants born small for gestational age reduces mortality: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics (2001) 2.36
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International outbreak of Salmonella Eastbourne infection traced to contaminated chocolate. Lancet (1975) 2.32
Shigella surveillance in the United States, 1975. J Infect Dis (1977) 2.31
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Shigellosis from swimming. JAMA (1976) 2.30
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A waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis with secondary person-to-person spread. Association with a viral agent. Lancet (1979) 2.29
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Reported cholera in the United States, 1992-1994: a reflection of global changes in cholera epidemiology. JAMA (1996) 2.18
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