Outbreak of listeriosis caused by infected beef meat from a meals- on- wheels delivery in Denmark 2009

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-52

  Smith, B ^a   Larsson, J T ^a   Lisby, M ^b   Muller L ^a   Madsen, S B ^b   Engberg, J ^c   Bangsborg, J ^d   Ethelberg, S ^a   Kemp, M ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Regional Veterinary and Food Control Authority East   (Denmark)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Foodborne outbreak; Listeria monocytogenes; MLVA; Patient interview; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEAL; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78650118213     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03200.x     Document Type: Article

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