A 17-year review of foodborne outbreaks: Describing the continuing decline in England and Wales (1992-2008)

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 688-699

  Gormley, F J ^a   Little, C L ^a   Rawal, N ^a   Gillespie, I A ^a   Lebaigue, S ^a   Adak, G K ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food poisoning; food safety; foodborne infections; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATERING SERVICE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RED MEAT; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EGG; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; ENGLAND; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEAT; WALES;

EID: 79957676274     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001858     Document Type: Review

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