Clostridium perfringens in London, July 2009: Two weddings and an outbreak

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Eriksen, J ^a,b   Zenner, D ^a,c   Anderson, S R ^a   Grant, K ^a   Kumar, D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954613651     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.25.19598-en     Document Type: Article

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