Impact of infecting dose on severity of disease in an outbreak of food-borne Salmonella enteritidis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  Rejnmark, Lars ^a,b   Stoustrup, Ole ^a   Christensen, Inge ^a   Hansen, Anders ^a  

^a SVENDBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0345880006     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709008662     Document Type: Article

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