Outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:9 infection and processed pork, Norway

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 754-756

  Grahek Ogden, Danica ^a   Schimmer, Barbara ^a   Cudjoe, Kofitsyo S ^b   Nygård, Karin ^a   Kapperud, Georg ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 34247862207     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.061062     Document Type: Article

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