A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection linked to consumption of beef tacos at a fast-food restaurant chain

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Jay, Michele T ^a,h   Garrett, Valerie ^d   Mohle Boetani, Janet C ^a   Barros, Myra ^e   Farrar, Jeff A ^a   Rios, Richard ^b   Abbott, Sharon ^a   Sowadsky, Rick ^f   Komatsu, Ken ^g   Mandrell, Robert ^c   Sobel, Jeremy ^d   Werner, S Benson ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Fresno Co Dept of Community Health   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f Nevada Department of Health   (United States)

^g Arizona Department of Health   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 3042711374     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421088     Document Type: Article

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