Attribution of human listeria monocytogenes infections in England and wales to ready-to-eat food sources placed on the market: Adaptation of the hald salmonella source attribution model

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 749-756

  Little, Christine L ^a   Pires, Sara M ^b   Gillespie, Iain A ^a   Grant, Kathie ^a   Nichols, Gordon L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BAYES THEOREM; BEEF; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHICKEN MEAT; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; DAIRY PRODUCT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PORK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SEA FOOD; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BAYES THEOREM; DIET; ENGLAND; FAST FOODS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; WALES; LISTERIOSIS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 77954527364     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0439     Document Type: Article

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