Large outbreak of salmonella phage type 1 infection with high infection rate and severe illness associated with fast food premises

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 444-447

  Giraudon, I ^a,b   Cathcart, S ^a   Blomqvist, S ^a   Littleton, A ^c   Surman Lee, S ^a   Mifsud, A ^d   Anaraki, S ^a   Fraser, G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Enteric infection; Fast food; Food poisoning; Salmonella; Takeaway restaurant

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; FAST FOOD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PHAGE; SALMONELLOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; COOKERY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LONDON; MALE; RESTAURANTS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 67349220458     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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