National outbreak of Salmonella serotype Saintpaul infections: Importance of Texas restaurant investigations in implicating Jalapeño peppers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mody, Rajal K ^a,b   Greene, Sharon A ^b   Gaul, Linda ^c   Sever, Adrianne ^a   Pichette, Sarah ^d   Zambrana, Ingrid ^d   Dang, Thi ^c   Gass, Angie ^e   Wood, René ^e   Herman, Karen ^b   Cantwell, Laura B ^b   Falkenhorst, Gerhard ^b   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^b   Hoekstra, Robert M ^b   McCullum, Isaac ^b   Cone, Amy ^e   Franklin, Lou ^e   Austin, Jana ^b   Delea, Kristin ^f   Behravesh, Casey Barton ^b   Sodha, Samir V ^b   Yee, J Christopher ^d   Emanuel, Brian ^d   Al Khaldi, Sufian F ^d   Jefferson, Val ^d   Williams, Ian T ^b   Griffin, Patricia M ^b   Swerdlow, David L ^b   more..

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

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

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Wichita Falls Wichita County Public Health District   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALE; PEPPER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAW FOOD; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROTYPE SAINTPAUL INFECTION; TOMATO; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS;

CAPSICUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPSICUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH REPORT; RESTAURANTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952017010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016579     Document Type: Article

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