Multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with a national fast-food chain, 2006: A study incorporating epidemiological and food source traceback results

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Sodha, S V ^a,e   Lynch, M ^a   Wannemuehler, K ^a   Leeper, M ^a   Malavet, M ^b   Schaffzin, J ^a,c   Chen, T ^a,d   Langer, A ^a,b   Glenshaw, M ^a,b   Hoefer, D ^c   Dumas, N ^c   Lind, L ^d   Iwamoto, M ^a   Ayers, T ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Biggerstaff, M ^a   Olson, C ^a   Sheth, A ^a   Braden, C ^a  

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

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e MS A 38 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Escherichia coli O157; lettuce; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CATERING SERVICE; CHEESE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTUCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAW FOOD; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FAST FOODS; HUMANS; LETTUCE; ODDS RATIO; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952237950     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000920     Document Type: Article

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