Investigation of a foodborne outbreak due to salmonella infantis using epidemiological and microbiological methods;Untersuchung einer lebensmittelbedingten Salmonella infantis-Gruppenerkrankung mit Methoden der Epidemiologie und Mikrobiologie

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 241-247

  Dieckmann, H ^a,b   Dreesman, J ^a   Malorny, B ^c   Schroeter, A ^c   Pulz, M ^a  

^a Niedersachsisches Landesgesundheitsamt   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsamt Landkreis Lüneburg ^*  (Germany)

^c Bundesinstitut fur gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinarmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case Control Study; Gastroenteritis Outbreak; RAPD PFGE Analysis; Salmonella Infantis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALMONELLA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; GERMANY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

EID: 0033125108     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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