A national outbreak of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 associated with consumption of lemon-and-coriander chicken wraps from a supermarket chain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Whittaker, Paula J ^a,c   Sopwith, W ^a   Quigley, C ^a   Gillespie, I ^a   Willshaw, G A ^a   Lycett, C ^b   Surman Lee, S ^a   Baxter, D ^a   Adak, G K ^a   Syed, Q ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Milton Keynes Council   (United Kingdom)

^c Manchester PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Food safety; Foodborne infections; Gastrointestinal infections; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIANDER; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEMON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAW FOOD; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CITRUS FRUIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKENS; CITRUS; CORIANDRUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64549120336     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001702     Document Type: Article

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