Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the United States

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Wachsmuth, I K ^a   Sparling, P H ^a   Barrett, T J ^b   Potter, M E ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli O157:H7 disease emergence; Hazard analysis critical control point; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; Surveillance; Transmission vehicle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030929935     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00053-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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