Microbiological aspects of the investigation that traced the 1998 outbreak of listeriosis in the United States to contaminated hot dogs and establishment of molecular subtyping-based surveillance for Listeria monocytogenes in the PulseNet network

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2350-2355

  Graves, Lewis M ^a,d   Hunter, Susan B ^a   Ong, Anna Rae ^a   Schoonmaker Bopp, Diana ^b   Hise, Kelley ^a   Kornstein, Laura ^c   DeWitt, Wallis E ^a   Hayes, Peggy S ^a   Dunne, Eileen ^a   Mead, Paul ^a   Swaminathan, Balasubramanian ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b New York State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA RESTRICTION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPING; TURKEYS; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 20844463773     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2350-2355.2005     Document Type: Article

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