Revival of an old problem: An increase in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive phage type 8 infections in 2010 in England and Northern Ireland linked to duck eggs

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-149

  Noble, D J ^a,b   Lane, C ^a   Little, C L ^a   Davies, R ^c   Pinna, E De ^a   Larkin, L ^d   Morgan, D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Food and Rural Aff   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duck eggs; foodborne infections; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUCK; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; EGGS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA PHAGES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 82455192224     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000586     Document Type: Article

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