Alfalfa sprouts and Salmonella Kottbus infection: A multistate outbreak following inadequate seed disinfection with heat and chlorine

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-17

  Winthrop, K L ^a,c   Palumbo, M S ^b   Farrar, J A ^b   Mohle Boetani, J C ^a   Abbott, S ^a   Beatty, M E ^c,d   Inami, G ^a   Werner, S B ^a  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR KOTTBUS;

EID: 0037217071     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.1.13     Document Type: Article

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