A foodborne outbreak of Cyclospora infection in Stockholm, Sweden

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1585-1587

  Insulander, Mona ^a   Svenungsson, Bo ^a   Lebbad, Marianne ^b   Karlsson, Lillemor ^c   De Jong, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 78650035018     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0628     Document Type: Article

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