A Clostridium perfringens food poisoning outbreak associated with consumption of chicken curry supplied by a home caterer

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1311-1314

  Holtby, I ^a   Tebbutt, G M ^b   Grant, K A ^c   McLauchlin, J ^c   Kett, J ^d   Pinkney, S ^d  

^a North East Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Cultural Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

FOOD POISONING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN MEAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 56749105771     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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