Outbreak of food poisoning by Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O8 in Nara Prefecture: The first case report in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-258

  Sakai, Takeshi ^a   Nakayama, Akifumi ^a   Hashida, Misao ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuzumi ^a   Takebe, Hisakatsu ^a   Imai, Shunsuke ^a  

^a Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA O8;

ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMANS; JAPAN; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; VEGETABLES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 26844509219     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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