Outbreak of shigella sonnei infection in Norway linked to consumption of fresh basil, October 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 44, 2011, Pages

  Guzman Herrador, B ^a,b   Vold, L ^a   Comelli, H ^a   MacDonald, E ^a   Heier, B T ^a   Wester, A L ^a   Stavnes, T L ^a   Jensvoll, L ^c   Lindegard Aanstad A ^d   Severinsen, G ^e   Aasgaard Grini, J ^f   Werner Johansen, O ^g   Cudjoe, K ^h   Nygard, K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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

^c Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Food Safety Authority District Office   (Norway)

^e Municipality of Tromsø Tromso   (Norway)

^f Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^g in Sarpsborg Municipality   (Norway)

^h NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIL; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRODUCT RECALL; RAW FOOD; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 80455128728     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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