Epidemiology of seafood-associated infections in the United States

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 399-411

  Iwamoto, Martha ^a   Ayers, Tracy ^a   Mahon, Barbara E ^a   Swerdlow, David L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELMINTH; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SEA FOOD; SEA FOOD ASSOCIATED INFECTION; SHIGELLA; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO; VIRUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77950649900     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: 10986618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00059-09     Document Type: Review

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