First reported foodborne outbreak associated with microsporidia, Sweden, October 2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 519-527

  Decraene, V ^a,b   Lebbad, M ^a   Botero Kleiven, S ^a   Gustavsson, A M ^c   Lofdahl M ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

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

^c Varmland County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; emerging; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; foodborne; microsporidia; outbreak; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84856270746     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881100077X     Document Type: Article

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