Preventable disease in correctional facilities: Desmoteric foodborne outbreaks in the United States, 1974-1991

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1883-1888

  Cieslak, Paul R ^a,d   Curtis, Michael B ^a   Coulombier, Denis M ^b   Hathcock, A Leroy ^c   Bean, Nancy H ^a   Tauxe, Robert V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c Delaware Division of Public Health   (United States)

^d OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DELAWARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029817274     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.16.1883     Document Type: Article

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