Meat grinders and molecular epidemiology: Two supermarket outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 480-483

  Banatvala, N ^a   Magnano, A R ^b   Cartter, M L ^b   Barrett, T J ^b   Bibb, W F ^b   Vasile, L L ^b   Mshar, P ^b   Lambert Fair, M A ^b   Green, J H ^b   Bean, N H ^b   Tauxe, R V ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19144373342     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.2.480     Document Type: Article

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