Three outbreaks of foodborne botulism caused by unsafe home canning of vegetables-ohio and Washington, 2008 and 20093

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2090-2096

  Date, Kashmira ^a,b   Fagan, Ryan ^b   Crossland, Sandra ^c   Maceachern, Dorothy ^d   Pyper, Brian ^e   Bokanyi, Rick ^f   Houze, Yolanda ^g   Andress, Elizabeth ^h   Tauxe, Robert ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Health Department   (United States)

^d Spokane Regional Health District   (United States)

^e Okanogan County Public Health Department   (United States)

^f State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management   (United States)

^g Washington State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD, PRESERVED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VEGETABLES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 82955250100     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-128     Document Type: Article

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