A food-borne outbreak of Shigella sonnei gastroenteritis, Austria, 2008

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Kuo, Hung Wei ^a,b   Kasper, Sabine ^a   Jelovcan, Sandra ^a   Höger, Gerda ^a   Lederer, Ingeborg ^a   König, Christoph ^c   Pridnig, Gerda ^c   Luckner Hornischer, Anita ^d   Allerberger, Franz ^a   Schmid, Daniela ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^c Public Health Authority   (Austria)

^d Public Health Office   (Austria)

Author keywords

Foodborne; Outbreak; Salad; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 62449131247     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-1141-7     Document Type: Article

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