An outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections on an oil tanker

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1159-1161

  Babić Erceg, Andrea ^a,b   Klišmanić, Zoran ^a   Erceg, Marijan ^a   Tandara, Danica ^a   Smoljanović, Mladen ^a  

^a Pub Hlth Inst Split Dalmatia Co   (Croatia)

^b Pub Hlth Inst Split Dalmatian Co   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Foodborne; Outbreak; Yersinia enterocolitica serogroupe O:3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; SAILOR; SHIP; WATER CONTAMINATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIPS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0347719609     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000006631.59644.1d     Document Type: Article

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