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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. ; ... More +
de Wit, M. A. ; Koopmans, M. P. ; Kortbeek, L. M. ; van Leeuwen, N. J. ; Bartelds, A. I. ; van Duynhoven, Y. T. Less -
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%).
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Age Factors
Bacteria
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Gastroenteritis
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 7(1):82-91.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Netherlands
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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