Two multistate outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections linked to beef from a single slaughter facility - United States, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 557-560

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952294879     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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References (4)

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