Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to imported rucola lettuce

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-173

  Nygård, Karin ^a   Lassen, Jørgen ^a   Vold, Line ^a   Andersson, Yvonne ^b   Fisher, Ian ^c   Löfdahl, Sven ^b   Threlfall, John ^c   Luzzi, Ida ^d   Peters, Tansy ^c   Hampton, Michael ^c   Torpdahl, Mia ^e   Kapperud, Georg ^a   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTUCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; LETTUCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

CAMPYLOBACTER; ERUCA SATIVA; ERUCA VESICARIA; LACTUCA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR THOMPSON;

EID: 42149154459     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0053     Document Type: Article

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