An outbreak due to peanuts in their shell caused by Salmonella enterica serotypes Stanley and Newport - Sharing molecular information to solve international outbreaks

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 571-577

  Kirk, M D ^a   Little, C L ^b   Lem, M ^c   Fyfe, M ^d   Genobile, D ^e   Tan, A ^f   Threlfall, J ^b   Paccagnella, A ^d   Lightfoot, D ^f   Lyi, H ^f   McIntyre, L ^d   Ward, L ^b   Brown, D J ^g   Surnam, S ^b   Fisher, I S T ^b  

^a Food Safety and Surveillance Section ^*  (Australia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e Victorian Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFATHIAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; COOPERATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEASONS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 4143085142     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880400216X     Document Type: Article

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