A Salmonella Typhimurium phage type (PT) U320 outbreak in England, 2008: Continuation of a trend involving ready-to-eat products

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1936-1944

  Boxall, N S ^a   Adak, G K ^a   De Pinna, E ^a   Gillespie, I A ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric bacteria; foodborne infections; gastrointestinal infections; infectious disease; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA PHAGE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SHELF LIFE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255127496     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810003080     Document Type: Review

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