Outbreak of salmonella wandsworth and typhimurium infections in infants and toddlers traced to a commercial vegetable-coated snack food

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1041-1046

  Sotir, Mark J ^a   Ewald, Gwen ^a,b   Kimura, Akiko C ^c   Higa, Jeffrey I ^c   Sheth, Anandi ^a   Troppy, Scott ^d   Meyer, Stephanie ^e   Hoekstra, R Michael ^a   Austin, Jana ^a   Archer, John ^f   Spayne, Mary ^g   Daly, Elizabeth R ^h   Griffin, Patricia M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Food intake; Infection; Salmonella; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; EPIDEMIC; FAST FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA WANDSWORTH; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 74049095438     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181af6218     Document Type: Article

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