An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 34a infection associated with a Chinese restaurant in Suffolk, United Kingdom

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Badrinath, Padmanabhan ^a   Sundkvist, Torbjorn ^b   Mahgoub, Hamid ^b   Kent, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b South Building StClements   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHICKEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RICE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLASSIFICATION; COOKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HAND WASHING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA PHAGE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; COOKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; RESTAURANTS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA PHAGES;

EID: 5444252269     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-40     Document Type: Article

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