A large food-borne outbreak of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in an industrial plant: Potential for deliberate contamination

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 618-621

  Nitzan Kaluski, Dorit ^a,b,c   Barak, Estrella ^c   Kaufman, Zalman ^c   Valinsky, Lea ^a   Marva, Esther ^a   Korenman, Zina ^a   Gorodnitzki, Zeev ^a   Yishai, Ruth ^a   Koltai, Deborah ^c   Leventhal, Alex ^a   Levine, Shimon ^d   Havkin, Ofra ^c   Green, Manfred S ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Case control study; Food borne outbreak; Streptococcal pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; WEAKNESS;

BIOTERRORISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ISRAEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33749054668     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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