Salmonella outbreaks in restaurants in Minnesota, 1995 through 2003: Evaluation of the role of infected foodworkers

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1870-1878

  Medus, Carlota ^a,b   Smith, Kirk E ^a   Bender, Jeffrey B ^c   Besser, John M ^a   Hedberg, Craig W ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MINNESOTA; RESTAURANTS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748337713     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.8.1870     Document Type: Article

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