Multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infections caused by contaminated dry dog food - United States, 2006-2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 521-524

  Ferraro, A ^a   Deasy, M ^a   Dato, V ^a   Moll, M ^a   Sandt, C ^a   Tait, J ^a   Perry, B ^a   Lind, L ^a   Rea, N ^a   Rickert, R ^a   Marriott, C ^a   Teacher, C ^a   Fox, P ^a   Bluhm, K ^a   Urdaneta, V ^a   Ostroff, S ^a   Villamil, E ^b,c   Smith, P ^b,c   Austin, J L ^d   Ayers, T ^e   Alexander, S ^e   Hoekstra, R M ^e   Williams, I ^e   Barton Behravesh, C ^d   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CDC

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d PulseNet ^*

^e National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43649102704     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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