Deer Sausage: A Newly Identified Vehicle of Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-589

  Ahn, Christina K ^a   Russo, Anthony J ^b   Howell, Karla R ^c   Holt, Nicholas J ^a   Sellenriek, Patricia L ^d   Rothbaum, Robert J ^a   Beck, Anne M ^a   Luebbering, Leon J ^e   Tarr, Phillip I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Health Department   (United States)

^c Saint Louis County Department of Health   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Missouri State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS;

EID: 70249150758     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.051     Document Type: Article

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