An outbreak of gastroenteritis and fever due to Listeria monocytogenes in milk

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 100-105

  Dalton, Craig B ^a,e   Austin, Constance C ^b,c   Sobel, Jeremy ^a,b   Hayes, Peggy S ^a   Bibb, William F ^a   Graves, Lewis M ^a   Swaminathan, Bala ^a   Proctor, Mary E ^d   Griffin, Patricia M ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LISTERIOLYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CACAO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031025101     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199701093360204     Document Type: Article

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