A beef-associated outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in The Netherlands with implications for national and international policy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 890-899

  Kivi, Marten ^a,b   Hofhuis, A ^a   Notermans, D W ^a   Wannet, W J B ^a   Heck, M E O C ^a   van de Giessen, A W ^a   van Duynhoven, Y T H P ^a   Stenvers, O F J ^c   Bosman, A ^a,b   van Pelt, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b European Program for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAW FOOD; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEAT; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34748881782     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807007972     Document Type: Article

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