Outbreak of group A streptococcal throat infection: Don't forget to ask about food

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1165-1171

  Falkenhorst, G ^a,b   Bagdonaite, J ^a,b   Lisby, M ^c   Madsen, S B ^c   Lambertsen, L ^a   Olsen, K E P ^a   Molbak K ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Norway)

^c Regional Food Inspection Authority of Eastern Denmark   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PASTA; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 48249121139     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009764     Document Type: Article

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