An international outbreak of Salmonella infections caused by Alfalfa sprouts grown from contaminated seeds

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 876-882

  Mahon, Barbara E ^b   Pönkä, Antti ^c   Hall, William N ^c   Komatsu, Kenneth ^c   Dietrich, Stephen E ^c   Siitonen, Anja ^c   Cage, Gary ^c   Hayes, Peggy S ^c   Lambert Fair, Mary Ann ^c   Bean, Nancy H ^c   Griffin, Patricia M ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^a  

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

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16944365566     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513985     Document Type: Article

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