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Notes from the Field: Gastrointestinal Illness Among Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail -- Washington, August--October 2022.
- Source :
- MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 9/8/2023, Vol. 72 Issue 36, p997-998, 2p, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The article discusses the cases of gastrointestinal illnesses like acute gastroenteritis (AGE) suffered by hikers at the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington and California as reported to the Washington State Department of Health in August 2022. The cases were confirmed using methods like real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Also cited are the signs and symptoms of the disease like fatigue, vomiting, and diarrhea.
- Subjects :
- GASTROENTERITIS
SYMPTOMS
HIKERS
PACIFIC Crest Trail
FATIGUE (Physiology)
DIARRHEA
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01492195
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 36
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 171803126
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7236a5