Outbreaks of Shigella sonnei infections in Denmark and Australia linked to consumption of imported raw baby corn

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-334

  Lewis, H C ^a   Ethelberg, S ^a   Olsen, K E P ^a   Nielsen, E M ^a   Lisby, M ^b   Madsen, S B ^b   Boel, J ^c   Stafford, R ^d   Kirk, M ^d,e   Smith, H V ^f   Tikumrum, S ^g   Wisetrojana, A ^g   Bangtrakulnonth, A ^h   Vithayarungruangsri, J ^h   Siriarayaporn, P ^h   Ungchusak, K ^h   Bishop, J ⁱ   Molbak K ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Regional Veterinary and Food Control Authority East   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d OzFoodNet   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

^f Reference Microbiology Laboratory   (Australia)

^g Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives   (Thailand)

^h MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Foodborne; International; Outbreak; Shigella

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CORN; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SUGARCANE; THAILAND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; THAILAND; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 64549086071     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001829     Document Type: Review

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