Nationwide survey of human Listeria monocytogenes infection in Japan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 769-772

  Okutani, A ^a   Okada, Y ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Igimi, S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2342554951     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804001967     Document Type: Article

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