A shigellosis outbreak traced to commercially distributed shredded lettuce

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1312-1321

  Davis, Harold ^a,d   Taylor, Jeffery P ^b,d   Perdue, James N ^b,d   Stelma, Gerard N ^c,d   Rowntree, Robert ^d,e   Greene, Katherine D ^a,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Midland City/County Health Department ^*  (United States)

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^f United States

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Disease outbreaks; Dysentery, bacillary; Food contamination; Food microbiology; Food processing industry; Shigella; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESTAURANTS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TEXAS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0024266339     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115084     Document Type: Article

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