Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection and cryptosporidiosis associated with drinking unpasteurized apple cider - Connecticut and New York, October 1996

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 781-782

  Mshar, P A ^a   Dembek, Z F ^a   Cartter, M L ^a   Hadler, J L ^a   Florentine, T R ^b   Marcus, R A ^b   McGuire, J ^c   Shiffrin, M A ^c   Lewis, A ^d   Feuss, J ^d   Van Dyke, J ^d   Toly, M ^e   Cambridge, M ^e   Guzewich, J ^e   Keithly, J ^e   Dziewulski, D ^e   Braun Howland, E ^e   Ackman, D ^e   Smith, P ^e   Coates, J ^f   Ferrara, J ^f   more..

^a CDC   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Connecticut Dept Consum Protect ^*  (United States)

^d Cortland County Dept of Health ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT JUICE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; PASTEURIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK;

EID: 0031565329     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540340015008     Document Type: Note

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