Yersinia enterocolitica outbreak associated with ready-to-eat salad mix, Norway, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1496-1499

  MacDonald, Emily ^a   Heier, Berit Tafjord ^a   Nygård, Karin ^a   Stalheim, Torunn ^b   Cudjoe, Kofitsyo S ^c   Skjerdal, Taran ^c   Wester, Astrid Louise ^a   Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a   Stavnes, Trine Lise ^a   Vold, Line ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ICEBERG; LETTUCE; MALE; NORWAY; PIGEON THORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SEROTYPING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865340736     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.120087     Document Type: Article

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