Outbreak of Salmonella Livingstone infection in Norway and Sweden due to contaminated processed fish products

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 889-895

  Guerin, Philippe J ^a,b   De Jong, B ^c   Heir, E ^a   Hasseltvedt, V ^a   Kapperud, G ^a,d   Styrmo, K ^e   Gondrosen, B ^f   Lassen, J ^a   Andersson, Y ^c   Aavitsland, P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b EPIET ^*  (Norway)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e Food Contr Authorities in Eidsvoll   (Norway)

^f Norwegian Food Control Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EGG; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORWAY; PATHOGENESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SWEDEN;

EID: 4744353903     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002523     Document Type: Article

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