Iceberg lettuce as suggested source of a nationwide outbreak caused by two salmonella serotypes, newport and reading, in Finland in 2008

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1035-1040

  Lienemann, Taru ^a   Niskanen, Taina ^b   Guedes, Sandra ^a,c   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Kuusi, Markku ^a   Rimhanen Finne, Ruska ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LETTUCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

LACTUCA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR NEWPORT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR READING;

EID: 79958095364     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-455     Document Type: Article

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