2008 Outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections associated with raw produce

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 918-927

  Behravesh, Casey Barton ^a   Mody, Rajal K ^a,b   Jungk, Jessica ^c   Gaul, Linda ^d   Redd, John T ^e   Chen, Sanny ^b,f   Cosgrove, Shaun ^g   Hedican, Erin ^h   Sweat, David ⁱ   Chávez Hauser, Lina ^j   Snow, Sandra L ^k   Hanson, Heather ^l   Nguyen, Thai An ^a   Sodha, Samir V ^a   Boore, Amy L ^a,b   Russo, Elizabeth ^a,b   Mikoleit, Matthew ^a   Theobald, Lisa ^a   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^a   Hoekstra, Robert M ^a   Angulo, Frederick J ^a   Swerdlow, David L ^a   Tauxe, Robert V ^a   Griffin, Patricia M ^a   Williams, Ian T ^a   more..

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

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

^c NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^f ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^g Minnesota Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^h MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

^j MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^k ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^l NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPPER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; TOMATO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952392138     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1005741     Document Type: Article

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