Epidemic Escherichia coli O157:H7 gastroenteritis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in a Canadian inuit community: intestinal illness in family members as a risk factor.

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Published in J Pediatr on January 01, 1994

Authors

P C Rowe1, E Orrbine, M Ogborn, G A Wells, W Winther, H Lior, D Manuel, P N McLaine

Author Affiliations

1: Canadian Pediatric Kidney Disease Reference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.

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