Emerging foodborne pathogens: Escherichia coli O157:H7 as a model of entry of a new pathogen into the food supply of the developed world

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-51

  Armstrong, Gregory L ^a   Hollingsworth, Jill ^a,c   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029810585     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017914     Document Type: Review

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