Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak associated with a school-lunch dessert: Cross-contamination and a long incubation period, Japan, 2001

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 873-879

  Matsui, T ^a,d   Suzuki, S ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Ohyama, T ^a   Kobayashi, J ^a   Izumiya, H ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Kasuga, F ^a,b   Kijima, H ^c   Shibata, K ^c   Okabe, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SCHOOLS;

EID: 4744340560     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002778     Document Type: Article

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