Household contamination with Salmonella enterica

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-122

  Rice, Daniel H ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^a   Roozen, Paivi M ^a   Szymanski, Maryanne H ^a   Scheenstra, Beth C ^a   Cady, Kirsten M ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Chudek, Paul A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Whatcom County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0037240964     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0901.020214     Document Type: Article

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