A national outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections from ice cream

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1281-1286

  Hennessy, Thomas W ^a,b   Hedberg, Craig W ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^c   White, Karen E ^a   Besser Wiek, John M ^a   Moen, Michael E ^a   Feldman, John ^d   Coleman, William W ^e   Edmonson, Larry M ^f   MacDonald, Kristine L ^a   Osterholm, Michael T ^a   Belongia, Edward ^a   Boxrud, David ^a   Boyer, Wanda ^a   Danila, Richard ^a   Korlath, Jack ^a   Leano, Fe ^a   Mills, Wendy ^a   Soler, John ^a   Sullivan, Maureen ^a   Deling, Marilyn ^f   Geisen, Peter ^f   Kontz, Crispin ^f   Elfering, Kevin ^e   Krueger, William ^e   Masso, Thomas ^e   Mitchell, M Frederick ^e   Vought, Kevin ^e   Duran, Anthony ^d   Harrell, Fannie ^d   Jirele, Karen ^d   Krivitsky, Alice ^d   Manresa, Howard ^d   Mars, Raymond ^d   Nierman, Mark ^d   Schwab, Albert ^d   Sedzielarz, Frank ^d   Tillman, Frederick ^d   Wagner, Dean ^d   Wieneke, David ^d   Price, Charles ^d   more..

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f Olmsted County Public Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; ICE CREAM; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15844367836     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605163342001     Document Type: Article

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