Lessons from a large outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections: Insights into the infectious dose and method of widespread contamination of hamburger patties

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-192

  Tuttle, J ^a   Gomez, T ^b   Doyle, M P ^c   Wells, J G ^a   Zhao, T ^c   Tauxe, R V ^d   Griffin, P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; CATERING SERVICE; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MEAT; PROCESS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT;

EID: 0032911397     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001976     Document Type: Article

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