Multistate outbreak of escherichia coli 0157:H7 infection associated with consumption of packaged spinach, august-september 2006: The Wisconsin investigation

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1079-1086

  Wendel, Arthur M ^a,d,e   Johnson, Diep Hoang ^a   Sharapov, Umid ^d   Grant, Juliana ^d   Archer, John R ^a   Monson, Timothy ^b   Koschmann, Cindy ^c   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Department of Agriculture   (United States)

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

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINACH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINACIA OLERACEA; WISCONSIN;

EID: 63649142634     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597399     Document Type: Article

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