High incidence of extra-intestinal infections in a Salmonella Havana outbreak associated with alfalfa sprouts

Public Health Reports

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-345

  Backer, Howard D ^a,b   Mohle Boetani, Janet C ^c,d,e,h   Werner, S Benson ^c,d,e   Abbott, Sharon L ^c,f   Farrar, Jeff ^c,g   Vugia, Duc J ^c,d  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Disease Investigations and Surveillance Branch   (United States)

^e Disease Investigations Section   (United States)

^f Microbial Diseases Laboratory Branch   (United States)

^g California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^h CDHS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA HAVANA; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033770786     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phr/115.4.339     Document Type: Article

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