Drastic decrease of Salmonella Enteritidis isolated from humans in Belgium in 2005, shift in phage types and influence on foodborne outbreaks

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-781

  Collard, J M ^a   Bertrand, S ^a   Dierick, K ^a   Godard, C ^a   Wildemauwe, C ^a   Vermeersch, K ^b   Duculot, J ^b   Van immerseel, F ^c   Pasmans, F ^c   Imberechts, H ^d   Quinet, C ^e  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^e Regional Association for Health and Animal Identification   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T21; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; EPIDEMIC; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BELGIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POULTRY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA VACCINES;

EID: 42149193067     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700920X     Document Type: Article

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