A Multi-Prefectural Outbreak of Shigella sonnei Infections Associated with Eating Oysters in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-52

  Terajima, Jun ^a   Tamura, Kazumichi ^a   Hirose, Kenji ^a   Izumiya, Hidemasa ^a   Miyahara, Michiko ^b   Konuma, Hirotaka ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oyster; PFGE; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TRAVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0942286861     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03486.x     Document Type: Article

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