Outbreak of foodborne gastroenteritis in a senior high school in South-eastern Ghana: a retrospective cohort study

Outbreak of foodborne gastroenteritis in a senior high school in South-eastern Ghana: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background On 4th February 2015, a group of Senior High School students from Fanteakwa district presented to the emergency unit of the district hospital with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. All the students had eaten from a specific food vendor and had neither eaten an...

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Main Authors: Donne K. Ameme, Holy Alomatu, Albert Antobre-Boateng, Adam Zakaria, Lilian Addai, Klutse Fianko, Bai Janneh, Edwin A. Afari, Kofi M. Nyarko, Samuel O. Sackey, Fred Wurapa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Foodborne
Cohort
Outbreak
Gastroenteritis
Salmonella
Clostridium perfringens
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3199-2

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