A prolonged outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection related to an uncommon vehicle: Hard cheese made from raw milk

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1548-1557

  Van Duynhoven, Y T H P ^a   Isken, L D ^a   Borgen, K ^a,b   Besselse, M ^c   Soethoudt, K ^c   Haitsma, O ^c   Mulder, B ^d   Notermans, D W ^a   De Jonge, R ^a   Kock, P ^e   Van Pelt, W ^a   Stenvers, O ^f   Van Steenbergen, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Regional Health Authority Twente   (Netherlands)

^d Laboratory of Medical Microbiology Twente Achterhoek   (Netherlands)

^e GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^f Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hard cheese; Outbreak; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MILK; NETHERLANDS; RAW FOOD; SALMONELLA PHAGE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHEESE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MILK; NETHERLANDS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 70349569522     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002337     Document Type: Article

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