An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness and erythema nodosum from grated carrots contaminated with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1209-1216

  Jalava, Katri ^a,e   Hakkinen, Marjaana ^b   Valkonen, Miia ^a   Nakari, Ulla Maija ^a   Palo, Taito ^c   Hallanvuo, Saija ^a,d   Ollgren, Jukka ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Nuorti, J Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Environmental Health Centre   (Finland)

^d Environmental and Food Laboratory   (Finland)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARROT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAUCUS CAROTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750305141     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508191     Document Type: Article

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