Human Salmonella infections linked to contaminated dry dog and cat food, 2006-2008

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-483

  Behravesh, Casey Barton ^a,b   Ferraro, Aimee ^c   Deasy III, Marshall ^c   Dato, Virginia ^c   Moll, Mària ^c   Sandt, Carol ^c   Rea, Nancy K ^c   Rickert, Regan ^c   Marriott, Chandra ^c   Warren, Kimberly ^c   Urdaneta, Veronica ^c   Salehi, Ellen ^d   Villamil, Elizabeth ^e   Ayers, Tracy ^a   Hoekstra, R M ^a   Austin, Jana L ^a   Ostroff, Stephen ^c   Williams, Ian T ^a   Teacher, Carol ^c   Fox, Perry ^c   Brandt, Eric ^d   York, Steven ^d   Grandfield, Katherine ^d   Carman, Rebekah ^d   Woo, Lai Ming ^d   Bokanyi, Rick ^d   Allman, Christina ^d   Alexander, Sarah ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Children; Dog; Outbreak; Pet food; Pets; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD STORAGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TIME; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956271512     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3273     Document Type: Article

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