Investigation of multi-national foodborne outbreaks in Europe: Some challenges remain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 887-889

  Ammon, Andrea ^a   Tauxe, R V ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS;

DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETHERLANDS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34748875231     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008898     Document Type: Note

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