An outbreak of hepatitis a associated with an infected foodhandler

Public Health Reports

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Massoudi, Mehran S ^b   Bell, Beth P ^a   Paredes, Valentine ^b   Insko, Judy ^b   Evans, Karen ^b   Shapiro, Craig N ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032881376     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phr/114.2.157     Document Type: Article

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