An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 3a infections from butter in Finland

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1838-1841

  Lyytikäinen, Outi ^a   Autio, Tiina ^b   Maijala, Riitta ^c   Ruutu, Petri ^a   Honkanen Buzalski, Tuula ^c   Miettinen, Maria ^b   Hatakka, Maija ^d   Mikkola, Janne ^a,f   Anttila, Veli Jukka ^e   Johansson, Tuula ^c   Rantala, Leila ^c   Aalto, Tuula ^c   Korkeala, Hannu ^b   Siitonen, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d National Food Administration   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUTTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0034114973     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315453     Document Type: Article

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