The use of a new virtual cohort study design to investigate an outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to a supermarket delicatessen

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1439-1442

  McCartney, G ^a   Cowden, J ^b   Murray, S ^a   Ahmed, S ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; epidemiology; Escherichia coli; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 77956401857     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000257     Document Type: Article

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