A foodborne outbreak of Cryptosporidium hominis infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-356

  Ethelberg, S ^a   Lisby, M ^b   Vestergaard, L S ^a   Enemark, H I ^c   Olsen, K E P ^a   Stensvold, C R ^a   Nielsen, H V ^a   Porsbo, L J ^d   Plesner, A A M ^e   Molbak K ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Medical Office of Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cohort study; Cryptosporidium hominis; Foodborne outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; QUESTIONNAIRE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 64549114235     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001817     Document Type: Article

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