An outbreak of Salmonella serogroup Saphra due to cantaloupes from Mexico

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1361-1364

  Mohle Boetani, Janet C ^a,c   Reporter, Roshan ^b   Benson Werner, S ^a   Abbott, Sharon ^a   Farrar, Jeff ^a   Waterman, Stephen H ^a   Vugia, Duc J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c DCDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DAUCUS CAROTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033375405     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314995     Document Type: Article

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