Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis and eggs: A national epidemic in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-517

  Braden, Christopher R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONSUMER; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FREEZING; GROWTH; HEN; HERD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COOKERY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746623309     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505973     Document Type: Review

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