Outbreak of Salmonella Goldcoast infections linked to consumption of fermented sausage, Germany 2001

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 881-887

  Bremer, V ^a,b   Leitmeyer, K ^a,b   Jensen, E ^c   Metzel, U ^d   Meczulat, H ^d   Weise, E ^e   Werber, D ^b   Tschaepe, H ^b   Kreienbrock, L ^f   Glaser, S ^f   Ammon, A ^b  

^a Field Epidemiol Training Programme   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Thuringia Regional Office   (Germany)

^d Local Health Authority   (Germany)

^e Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD IRRADIATION; GERMANY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PATHOGENESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SWINE;

EID: 4744339371     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002699     Document Type: Article

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