Packed with Salmonella - Investigation of an international outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infection linked to contamination of prepacked Basil in 2007

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 661-668

  Pezzoli, Lorenzo ^a,b   Elson, Richard ^b   Little, Christine L ^b   Yip, Hopi ^b   Fisher, Ian ^b   Yishai, Ruth ^c   Anis, Emilia ^c   Valinsky, Lea ^c   Biggerstaff, Matthew ^d   Patel, Nehal ^d   Mather, Henry ^e   Brown, Derek J ^e   Coia, John E ^e   Van Pelt, Wilfrid ^f   Nielsen, Eva M ^g   Ethelberg, Steen ^g   De Pinna, Elizabeth ^b   Hampton, Michael D ^b   Peters, Tansy ^b   Threlfall, John ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISRAEL; MALE; OCIMUM; PLASMIDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; WALES;

OCIMUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR SENFTENBERG;

EID: 53849107151     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0103     Document Type: Article

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