An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections traced to jerky made from deer meat

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1229-1231

  Keene, William E ^a   Sazie, Elizabeth ^b   Kok, Janet ^b   Rice, Daniel H ^c   Hancock, Dale D ^c   Balan, Vijay K ^a   Zhao, Tong ^d   Doyle, Michael P ^d  

^a OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^b Benton County Health Department   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEER; DIARRHEA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030999970     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.15.1229     Document Type: Article

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