An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with consumption of raw blueberries

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 745-751

  Calder, L ^a   Simmons, G ^a   Thornley, C ^b   Taylor, P ^a   Pritchard, K ^a   Greening, G ^b   Bishop, J ^c  

^a Auckland District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORCHARD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY;

EID: 0042355223     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008586     Document Type: Article

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