Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:1 Traced to raw carrots, Finland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1959-1961

  Kangas, Susanna ^a,b,h   Takkinen, Johanna ^b,f   Hakkinen, Marjaana ^c   Nakari, Ulla Maija ^b   Johansson, Tuula ^c   Henttonen, Heikki ^d   Virtaluoto, Laura ^e,g   Siitonen, Anja ^b   Ollgren, Jukka ^b   Kuusi, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e City of Haapavesi Environmental Health Service   (Finland)

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

^g Environmental Health Service   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CABBAGE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEVER; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SPOILAGE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; RAW FOOD; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DAUCUS CAROTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 57049189181     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080284     Document Type: Letter

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