A foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis involving Listeria monocytogenes

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-436

  Salamina, G ^a   Dalle Donne, E ^b   Niccolini, A ^a   Poda, G ^c   Cesaroni, D ^c   Bucci, M ^c   Fini, R ^d   Maldini, M ^d   Schuchat, A ^e   Swaminathan, B ^e   Bibb, W ^e   Rocourt, J ^f   Binkin, N ^a   Salmaso, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Unità Sanitaria Locale 24   (Italy)

^c Presidio Multizonale di Prevenzione   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Bentivoglio   (Italy)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; SEROTYPE;

EID: 10544223270     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800059082     Document Type: Article

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