A Salmonella Typhimurium 197 outbreak linked to the consumption of lambs' liver in Sydney, NSW

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-467

  Hess, I M R ^a   Neville, L M ^a   Mccarthy, R ^b   Shadbolt, C T ^b   Mcanulty, J M ^a  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b NSW Food Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEADACHE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMB; LEBANON; MALE; NAUSEA; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHEEP;

EID: 40449122472     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008813     Document Type: Article

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