Incidence and Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome After a Large Waterborne Outbreak of Bacterial Dysentery

Marshall, John K.; Thabane, Marroon; Garg, Amit X.; Clark, William F.; Salvadori, Marina; Collins, Stephen M.; Walkerton Health Study Investigators,

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2006.05.053

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Volume 131, Issue 2 , Pages 445-450, August 2006

Incidence and Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome After a Large Waterborne Outbreak of Bacterial Dysentery

John K. Marshall
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Intestinal Diseases Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Address requests for reprints to: John K. Marshall, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology (4W8), McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada. fax: (905) 521-4958
Marroon Thabane
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Intestinal Diseases Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Amit X. Garg
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
William F. Clark
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Marina Salvadori
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Stephen M. Collins
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Intestinal Diseases Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Walkerton Health Study Investigators

Received 16 November 2005; accepted 11 May 2006.

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Supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and by Clinician Scientist Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (A.X.G., J.K.M.).The Walkerton Health Study Investigators included the following: William Clark, Stephen M. Collins, Amit Garg, R. Brian Haynes, John Howard, Jennifer MacNab, Jeff Mahon, John K. Marshall, Douglas Matsell, Louise Moist, Janet Pope, Joel Ray, Patricia Rosas-Arellano, Marina Salvadori, and Rita Suri.

PII: S0016-5085(06)01206-6

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2006.05.053