A recipe for disaster: Outbreaks of campylobacteriosis associated with poultry liver pâté in England and Wales

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1691-1694

  Little, C L ^a   Gormley, F J ^a   Rawal, N ^a   Richardson, J F ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Chicken; Foodborne outbreak; Liver; P t

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CATERING SERVICE; COOKING; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; POULTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; POULTRY; WALES;

EID: 78149269365     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001974     Document Type: Article

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