Detection by PCR of eight groups of enteric pathogens in 4,627 faecal samples: re-examination of the English case-control Infectious Intestinal Disease Study (1993–1996)

Corinne Amar1, Claire East1, James J. Gray1, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara1, Elisabeth Alexandra Maclure1, Jim McLauchlin1
1Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK

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