A foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with Norwalk-like viruses: First molecular traceback to deli sandwiches contaminated during preparation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1467-1470

  Daniels, Nicholas A ^a,c,e   Bergmire Sweat, David A ^f   Schwab, Kellogg J ^g,h   Hendricks, Kate A ^f   Reddy, Sudha ^a   Rowe, Steven M ^a   Fankhauser, Rebecca L ^b,d   Monroe, Stephan S ^b   Atmar, Robert L ^g   Glass, Roger I ^b   Mead, Paul ^a,c  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORWALK VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0034064106     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315365     Document Type: Article

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