Attributing human foodborne illness to food sources and water in Latin America and the Caribbean using data from outbreak investigations

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-138

  Pires, Sara M ^a   Vieira, Antonio R ^a   Perez, Enrique ^b   Wong, Danilo Lo Fo ^b   Hald, Tine ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foodborne outbreaks; Foodborne pathogens; Foodborne surveillance; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BEEF; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUCK; EGG; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; LAMB; MEAT; MILK; MUTTON; NONHUMAN; PORK; POULTRY; PROBABILITY; SALMONELLA; SEA FOOD; SHIGELLA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOYBEAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VEGETABLE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

CARIBBEAN REGION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 83655201508     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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