Massive outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in schoolchildren in Sakai City, Japan, associated with consumption of white radish sprouts

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 787-796

  Michino, Hideshi ^a   Araki, Kazuhiro ^a   Minami, Shunsaku ^a   Takaya, Satoshi ^a   Sakai, Nobumichi ^a   Miyazaki, Motonobu ^b   Akio, Ono ^a   Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^c,d  

^a Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Enterocolitis; Escherichia coli infections; Escherichia coli O157; Food handling; Food inspection

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; SAKAI CITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033570004     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010082     Document Type: Article

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