Incomplete sanitation of a meat grinder and ingestion of raw ground beef: Contributing factors to a large outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-134

  Roels, T H ^a,b   Frazak, P A ^c   Kazmierczak, J J ^b   Mackenzie, W R ^a   Proctor, M E ^b   Kurzynski, T A ^d   Davis, J P ^b  

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

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Health Department   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COOKERY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030666432     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007851     Document Type: Article

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