Widespread listeriosis outbreak attributable to pasteurized cheese, which led to extensive cross-contamination affecting cheese retailers, Quebec, Canada, 2008

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-78

  Gaulin, Colette ^a   Ramsay, Danielle ^b   Bekal, Sadjia ^c  

^a Québec Cancer Program   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEESE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84855430190     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-236     Document Type: Article

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