Gastroenteritis in sentinel general practices,The Netherlands.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  de Wit, M. A. ; Koopmans, M. P. ; Kortbeek, L. M. ; van Leeuwen, N. J. ; Bartelds, A. I. ; van Duynhoven, Y. T.
• Description:
  From 1996 to 1999, the incidence of gastroenteritis in general practices and the role of a broad range of pathogens in the Netherlands were studied. All patients with gastroenteritis who had visited a general practitioner were reported. All patients who had visited a general practitioner for gastroenteritis (cases) and an equal number of patients visiting for nongastrointestinal symptoms (controls) were invited to participate in a case-control study. The incidence of gastroenteritis was 79.7 per 10,000 person years. Campylobacter was detected most frequently (10% of cases), followed by Giardia lamblia (5%), rotavirus (5%), Norwalk-like viruses (5%) and Salmonella (4%). Our study found that in the Netherlands (population 15.6 million), an estimated 128,000 persons each year consult their general practitioner for gastroenteritis, slightly less than in a comparable study in 1992 to 1993. A pathogen could be detected in almost 40% of patients (bacteria 16%, viruses 15%, parasites 8%).
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Age Factors Bacteria Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Female Gastroenteritis Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(1):82-91.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Netherlands
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4b28891efd0bf09b7ae54b2c39b6791e6fadf8a5e1026c3d90abc6d809a65350
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15065/cdc_15065_DS1.pdf
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