Two separate outbreaks of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 14b food poisoning linked to the consumption of the same type of frozen food

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 817-823

  Holtby, I ^a   Tebbutt, G M ^b   Anwar, S ^c   Aislabie, J ^c   Bell, V ^d   Flowers, W ^d   Hedgley, J ^c   Kelly, P ^e  

^a CCDC   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EHO   (United Kingdom)

^d REDCAR AND CLEVELAND BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e DPH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food poisoning; Imported eggs; Outbreak; Salmonella enteritidis PT 14b

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHRIMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; COOKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FROZEN FOODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEAFOOD;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 33747597102     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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