An outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni food poisoning caused by secondary contamination in cooking practice at a high school

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 408-409

  Yoda, Kiyoe ^a   Uchimura, Masako ^a  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; COOKERY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEAT; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33846012867     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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