An outbreak of Escherichia coli O103:H25 - Bacteriological investigations and genotyping of isolates from food

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Sekse, Camilla ^a   O'Sullivan, Kristin ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a   Rørvik, Liv Marit ^a   Wasteson, Yngvild ^a   Jørgensen, Hannah Joan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fermented sausage; HUS; Outbreak; PFGE; STEC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O103:H25; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; NORWAY; SHEEP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67650243008     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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